In orbitDebris

COSMOS 651 DEB

NORAD: 44566
COSPAR: 1974-029E

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Spacecraft

Owner: Russian Navy
Platform (bus): ROCh deb

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S44566, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1974-05-15
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-651
Mission name: US-A reactor
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90/19
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1974-029

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1974-029, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1974-05-15
Period: 103.0 min
Inclination: 64.97°
Apogee: 917 km
Perigee: 886 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 651 (NORAD 7291)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris4 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit