COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11773

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036CJ

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: 100.163 minutes

Inclination: 74.0356 deg

SMA: 7144.376 km

Apoapsis: 781.432 km

Periapsis: 751.049 km

RAAN: 93.1442 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00212636

Argument of periapsis: 202.6586 deg

Mean anomaly: 214.2957 deg

Mean motion: 14.376604 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000598 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00020736244 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 2:55 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33841U 93036CJ 25251.62216670 .00000598 00000-0 20736-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 33841 74.0356 93.1442 0021264 202.6586 214.2957 14.37660400867476

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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
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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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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