COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11710

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: 1993-036CJ

Object number (NORAD): 33841

Object ID (CCSDS): 33841

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.168 minutes

Inclination: 74.0357 deg

SMA: 7144.615 km

Apoapsis: 782.029 km

Periapsis: 750.931 km

RAAN: 209.2787 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0021763

Argument of periapsis: 329.3794 deg

Mean anomaly: 152.4277 deg

Mean motion: 14.37588212 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000352 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00012574 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 12:27 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33841U 93036CJ 25188.51896955 .00000352 00000-0 12574-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 33841 74.0357 209.2787 0021763 329.3794 152.4277 14.37588212858402

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
SL-8 R/B LEO 2024-09-28 02:16:17 0.0002613327 568.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-08-24 12:24:24 0.0001617255 82.0 (m) DEBRIS
ORBCOMM FM 26 LEO 2024-08-15 06:38:32 0.0004543822 923.0 (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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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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