Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2250 at a glance.
Uptime
11687
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2250.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2250
International designator: 1993-030F
Object number (NORAD): 22651
Object ID (CCSDS): 22651
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.006 minutes
Inclination: 82.5859 deg
SMA: 7788.336 km
Apoapsis: 1418.527 km
Periapsis: 1401.874 km
RAAN: 218.847 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010691
Argument of periapsis: 121.4072 deg
Mean anomaly: 35.3071 deg
Mean motion: 12.6309427 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000047464 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 6:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2250
TLE line 1: 1 22651U 93030F 25129.75610338 .00000012 00000-0 47464-5 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 22651 82.5859 218.8470 0010691 121.4072 35.3071 12.63094270475086
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2250.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2250 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 89 to 94’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on May 11, 1993, 2:56 p.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 89 to 94
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 11, 1993, 2:56 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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