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    COSMOS 2251 DEB
            Launch Details
            
                
        
                    | Launched | 15 June 1993 | 
| Flight ended | 18 January 2024 | 
| Status | Decayed | 
| Launch site | Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia | 
| Owner | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) | 
| NORAD ID | 40221 | 
| COSPAR ID | 1993-036BVA | 
| Observing | 
Current orbital elements
| Inclination | 73.858° | 
| Eccentricity | 0.00247 | 
| RA ascending node | 0.536 hr | 
| Argument perigee | 249.425° | 
| Mean anomaly | 110.433° | 
| Orbital period | 91.362 min | 
| Epoch of osculation | 14 Jan 2024, 23:34 | 
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