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Your location: Santa Clara, United States
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37.3541
Longitude:
-121.955

COSMOS 2242 Tracker

Description

A satellite in the Soviet Cosmos series, typically used for reconnaissance or communications.

Satellite Tracking Data

Orbital altitude (km)
Velocity (km/s)
Elevation above horizon (°)
Azimuth (°)
RA, Dec (h, °)

Tonight’s COSMOS 2242 flyovers

COSMOS 2242

Satellite pass tonight

COSMOS 2242
↗ 20:37 ↘ 20:40 ↑ 39°
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A satellite in the Soviet Cosmos series, typically used for reconnaissance or communications.
1 flyover expected tonight.
More about COSMOS 2242
TLE orbital data are provided by Celestrak. These data are used to calculate satellite positions and local flyover predictions.
SGP4 prediction code adapted from shupp/Predict.