Kosmos 2251
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Kosmos-2251 was a Russian Strela-2M military 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 carr
A Strela-2M communication satellite, similar to Kosmos 2251.
2009 satellite collision
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On February 10, 2009, two communications satellites—the active commercial Iridium 33 and the derelict Russian military Kosmos 2251—accidentally collided at a speed of 11.7 km/s and an altitude of 789
Kosmos 2251
…law. In any case, the KAUR-1 satellites had no propulsion system, which is usually required for deorbiting. At 16:56 UTC on 10 February 2009, it collided with Iridium 33 (1997-051C), an Iridium satellite, in the first major collision of two satellites in Earth orbit. The Iridium satellite, which was…
Collision diagram
Point of collision
Debris fields after 20 minutes
Debris fields after 50 minutes