Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 at a glance.
Uptime
11809
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2251.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2251
International designator: 1993-036A
Object number (NORAD): 22675
Object ID (CCSDS): 22675
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.476 minutes
Inclination: 74.039 deg
SMA: 7159.261 km
Apoapsis: 798.654 km
Periapsis: 763.599 km
RAAN: 64.1484 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00244824
Argument of periapsis: 165.5562 deg
Mean anomaly: 194.6295 deg
Mean motion: 14.33179019 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000205 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000083837545 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 15, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 14, 2025, 11:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251
TLE line 1: 1 22675U 93036A 25287.48283742 .00000205 00000-0 83838-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 22675 74.0390 64.1484 0024482 165.5562 194.6295 14.33179019689247
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2251.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.
COSMOS 2251 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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