COSMOS 2251 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11709

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

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: 1993-036BV

Object number (NORAD): 33828

Object ID (CCSDS): 33828

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.744 minutes

Inclination: 74.0452 deg

SMA: 7124.472 km

Apoapsis: 768.381 km

Periapsis: 724.293 km

RAAN: 174.2042 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0030941

Argument of periapsis: 288.2905 deg

Mean anomaly: 188.169 deg

Mean motion: 14.43689251 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001013 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00030451 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:41 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33828U 93036BV 25187.40388324 .00001013 00000-0 30451-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 33828 74.0452 174.2042 0030941 288.2905 188.1690 14.43689251860133

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-4B DEB SSO 2024-11-11 06:46:17 0.0009977667 151.0 (m) DEBRIS
SCOUT G-1 R/B LEO 2024-08-22 13:30:20 0.0001314223 449.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
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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