Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 at a glance.
Uptime
11706
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: 100.478 minutes
Inclination: 74.0388 deg
SMA: 7159.366 km
Apoapsis: 798.851 km
Periapsis: 763.611 km
RAAN: 252.2568 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0024611
Argument of periapsis: 13.7492 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.4324 deg
Mean motion: 14.33147643 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000043 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00002523 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 12:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251
TLE line 1: 1 22675U 93036A 25184.52212610 .00000043 00000-0 25230-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 22675 74.0388 252.2568 0024611 13.7492 346.4324 14.33147643674496
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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