COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11648

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 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: COSMOS 2251 DEB

International designator: 1993-036K

Object number (NORAD): 33762

Object ID (CCSDS): 33762

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.447 minutes

Inclination: 74.0425 deg

SMA: 7157.892 km

Apoapsis: 790.054 km

Periapsis: 769.46 km

RAAN: 352.1599 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0014385

Argument of periapsis: 113.6843 deg

Mean anomaly: 329.7227 deg

Mean motion: 14.33590324 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000013 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000056078 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 6, 2025, 6:24 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33762U 93036K 25126.76681566 .00000130 00000-0 56078-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 33762 74.0425 352.1599 0014385 113.6843 329.7227 14.33590324848956

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2251 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-03-30 17:06:51	0.0001037705	89.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1503	LEO	2025-01-08 05:55:17	0.000394539	369.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
ORBCOMM FM 26	LEO	2024-10-08 14:09:46	0.001800492	443.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.

COSMOS 2251 DEB 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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