COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11770

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.9

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.1

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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: 1993-036AE

Object number (NORAD): 33789

Object ID (CCSDS): 33789

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 103.705 minutes

Inclination: 74.0616 deg

SMA: 7311.854 km

Apoapsis: 1109.107 km

Periapsis: 758.332 km

RAAN: 256.1356 deg

Eccentricy: 0.02398674

Argument of periapsis: 34.0451 deg

Mean anomaly: 347.1984 deg

Mean motion: 13.8854988 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000939 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00063547448 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 7:10 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33789U 93036AE 25247.29918183 .00000939 00000-0 63547-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 33789 74.0616 256.1356 0239867 34.0451 347.1984 13.88549880837150

Live tracking on map

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
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-09-02 11:53:55	0.0001541586	390.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-12-13 03:50:07	0.000208142	306.0 (m)	DEBRIS
TRAAC	LEO	2024-11-11 15:06:37	0.0002768419	427.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-2C R/B	SSO	2024-10-05 08:31:29	0.0002186027	46.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
MOS 1B (MOMO 1B)	SSO	2024-09-10 11:29:35	0.0002470665	247.0 (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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