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COSMOS 2250, 22651

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2250, 22651 is a payload satellite owned by VKS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 11 May 1993 UTC via a TSIKLON-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

22651, 1993-030F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1993-05-11 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TSIKLON-3

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 1.6 m

Radar Cross Section

1.257 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2250
1 22651U 93030F   25128.80351868  .00000005  00000-0 -33481-4 0  9997
2 22651  82.5859 219.4549 0010669 123.3676  23.9733 12.63094261474960

Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:17Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:17:04.013Z)

Latitude

32.35909°

Longitude

-121.38663°

Altitude

1,406.642 km

Speed

7.163 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 18m 59s

True Declination

32° 13' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

9.17894°

Longitude

64.23436°

Altitude

1,415.458 km

Speed

7.152 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 40m 00s

Apparent Declination

-43° 52' 20"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:06:30

Azimuth

163.346° S

Elevation

3.602°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,415.825 km

Perigee altitude

1,399.212 km

Semi-major axis

7,785.655 km

Eccentricity

0.0010669

Inclination

82.5859°

RAAN

219.4549°

Arg. of periapsis

123.3676°

True anomaly

24.02304°

Mean anomaly

23.9733°

Eccentric anomaly

23.99816°

Mean motion

3.15937 °/min

BSTAR

-0.000033481

Orbital period

113.95 mins

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COSMOS 2250 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
15 mins	2025-05-09 05:59:44.749Z	159.424° S	2025-05-09 06:07:44.749Z	82.796° E	36.704°	2025-05-09 06:14:44.749Z	19.789° NNE
13 mins	2025-05-09 07:56:44.749Z	231.847° WSW	2025-05-09 08:02:44.749Z	290.875° WNW	29.61°	2025-05-09 08:09:44.749Z	350.656° N
9 mins	2025-05-09 16:03:44.749Z	33.767° NE	2025-05-09 16:07:44.749Z	67.269° ENE	17.72°	2025-05-09 16:12:44.749Z	105.344° ESE
14 mins	2025-05-09 17:56:44.749Z	351.324° N	2025-05-09 18:03:44.749Z	207.406° SW	44.779°	2025-05-09 18:10:44.749Z	177.022° S
6 mins	2025-05-09 19:54:44.749Z	301.11° NW	2025-05-09 19:56:44.749Z	285.299° WNW	14.652°	2025-05-09 20:00:44.749Z	254.826° W
8 mins	2025-05-10 04:52:44.749Z	109.175° ESE	2025-05-10 04:56:44.749Z	77.382° E	16.858°	2025-05-10 05:00:44.749Z	46.049° ENE

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