Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 at a glance.
Uptime
11762
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: 100.477 minutes
Inclination: 74.0403 deg
SMA: 7159.324 km
Apoapsis: 799.779 km
Periapsis: 762.599 km
RAAN: 149.2169 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00259663
Argument of periapsis: 259.9596 deg
Mean anomaly: 99.8626 deg
Mean motion: 14.33160134 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000014 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000060513287 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 10:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251
TLE line 1: 1 22675U 93036A 25240.92385160 .00000140 00000-0 60513-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 22675 74.0403 149.2169 0025966 259.9596 99.8626 14.33160134682571
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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