Kosmos 2251
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A Strela-2M communication satellite, similar to Kosmos 2251
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Mission type | Communication |
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Operator | VKS |
COSPAR ID | 1993-036A |
SATCAT № | 22675 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Strela-2M |
Manufacturer | Reshetnev |
Launch mass | 900 kilograms (2,000 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 16 June 1993, 04:17 UTC |
Rocket | Kosmos-3M |
Launch site | Plesetsk 132/1 |
End of mission | |
Destroyed | 10 February 2009 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee | 778 kilometres (483 mi) |
Apogee | 803 kilometres (499 mi) |
Inclination | 74.00 degrees |
Period | 100.70 minutes |
Kosmos-2251, (Russian: Космос-2251 meaning Cosmos 2251), was a Russian Strela-2M communications satellite. It was launched into Low Earth orbit from Site 132/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 04:17 UTC on 16 June 1993, by a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket.[1][2] It had no propulsion system.[3]
Destruction
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At 16:56 UTC on 10 February 2009,[4] it collided with Iridium 33, an Iridium satellite,[5] in the first major collision of two satellites in Earth orbit. The Iridium satellite, which was operational at the time of the collision, was destroyed, as was Kosmos-2251.[6] NASA reported that a large amount of debris was produced by the collision.[7][8]
References
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Wikinews has news coverage of the 2009 satellite collision |
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