COSMOS 2250

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2250 at a glance.

Uptime

11905

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

Latest

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: 82.5841 deg

SMA: 7788.325 km

Apoapsis: 1417.528 km

Periapsis: 1402.853 km

RAAN: 80.6034 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00094216

Argument of periapsis: 358.4936 deg

Mean anomaly: 55.8874 deg

Mean motion: 12.63096761 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000002 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000051076705 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:03 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2250

TLE line 1: 1 22651U 93030F 25346.29403653 .00000020 00000-0 51077-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 22651 82.5841 80.6034 0009422 358.4936 55.8874 12.63096761502423

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2250.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2250.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-04-10 18:55:46 0.0003558722 311.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 89 to 94
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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