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Kosmos 2251
Russian Strela-2M satellite. Kosmos 2251 was launched on June 16, 1993 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: collided (Feb 10, 2009).
COSPAR 1993-036ANORAD 22675Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2251
- Common name
- Kosmos 2251
- Payload designation
- Strela-2M No. 61L
- Other names
- 11F611M No. 794-35-2-61:RA
- International designator
- 1993-036A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22675
- GCAT identifier
- S22675
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/275
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Strela-2M
- Owner
- VKS
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-2M
Launch
- Date
- June 16, 1993 · 04:17 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-036Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 781 km
- Apogee
- 806 km
- Inclination
- 74.04°
- Status
- Collided
- Status date
- February 10, 2009
- Last known active
- 1995
- End of operations
- 1995
Size
- Mass
- 800 kg
- Dry mass
- 800 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2661654 (CC0).