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COSMOS 2251, 22675

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2251, 22675 is a payload satellite owned by VKS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 16 Jun 1993 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M 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

22675, 1993-036A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

21 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-2M, Unknown motor

Mass

800 kg wet, 800 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1993-06-16 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 3 m

Radar Cross Section

6.283 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 21 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2251
1 22675U 93036A   25126.93320740  .00000140  00000-0  60383-4 0  9996
2 22675  74.0407 357.4693 0024191 137.4713 222.8318 14.33133947666244

Epoch: 2025-05-06T22:23Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-06T22:23:49.119Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

156.48933°

Altitude

796.605 km

Speed

7.449 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 49m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-7.30855°

Longitude

-23.01568°

Altitude

774.379 km

Speed

7.472 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 17m 33s

Apparent Declination

-24° 48' 45"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:25:19

Azimuth

70.252° E

Elevation

-59.323°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

796.215 km

Perigee altitude

761.588 km

Semi-major axis

7,157.038 km

Eccentricity

0.0024191

Inclination

74.0407°

RAAN

357.4693°

Arg. of periapsis

137.4713°

True anomaly

222.64376°

Mean anomaly

222.8318°

Eccentric anomaly

222.73774°

Mean motion

3.58462 °/min

BSTAR

0.000060383

Orbital period

100.43 mins

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Other satellites on launch #36 in the year 1993 (1993-06-16 UTC)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 33785

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34756

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34757 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34758

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34759 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34760

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34761

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34762 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34763 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34781 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34782 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34783 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34784

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34785 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
8 mins	2025-05-08 01:45:14.652Z	2.742° NNE	2025-05-08 01:49:14.652Z	56.609° ENE	26.962°	2025-05-08 01:53:14.652Z	119.166° SE
7 mins	2025-05-08 03:29:14.652Z	304.246° NW	2025-05-08 03:32:14.652Z	249.93° W	26.451°	2025-05-08 03:36:14.652Z	200.057° SSW
10 mins	2025-05-08 16:23:14.652Z	199.22° SSW	2025-05-08 16:28:14.652Z	224.619° SW	44.546°	2025-05-08 16:33:14.652Z	17.696° NNE

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Check out COSMOS 2251, 22675 on other resources

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