COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11815

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.2

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.8

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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: 1993-036CX

Object number (NORAD): 33894

Object ID (CCSDS): 33894

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 109.002 minutes

Inclination: 73.7631 deg

SMA: 7558.766 km

Apoapsis: 1617.109 km

Periapsis: 744.154 km

RAAN: 71.0411 deg

Eccentricy: 0.05774458

Argument of periapsis: 357.8045 deg

Mean anomaly: 2.0519 deg

Mean motion: 13.21071645 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001618 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.001662631 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:26 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 6:12 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33894U 93036CX 25293.75871378 .00001618 00000-0 16626-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 33894 73.7631 71.0411 0577446 357.8045 2.0519 13.21071645800088

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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
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB	SSO	2025-08-30 06:46:57	0.000118441	422.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2025-06-13 00:11:27	0.0006784685	242.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-04 06:02:04	0.0003605249	27.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-02 19:25:41	0.0001175797	969.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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