COSMOS 2251

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 at a glance.

Uptime

11646

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

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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: 100.479 minutes

Inclination: 74.0411 deg

SMA: 7159.414 km

Apoapsis: 798.65 km

Periapsis: 763.907 km

RAAN: 1.1675 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0024264

Argument of periapsis: 141.7861 deg

Mean anomaly: 218.5016 deg

Mean motion: 14.33133201 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000155 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000065765 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 4, 2025, 9:48 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251

TLE line 1: 1 22675U 93036A 25124.90885462 .00000155 00000-0 65765-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 22675 74.0411 1.1675 0024264 141.7861 218.5016 14.33133201665952

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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-04-25 01:42:08	0.000118718	497.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-08 10:05:04	0.0003114465	401.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-12-01 05:31:39	0.000310708	490.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-10-14 16:02:09	0.0006834128	236.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-07-27 04:11:57	0.0001353958	731.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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