COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11651

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

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: 1993-036EN

Object number (NORAD): 33933

Object ID (CCSDS): 33933

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.485 minutes

Inclination: 74.0876 deg

SMA: 7159.702 km

Apoapsis: 833.505 km

Periapsis: 729.63 km

RAAN: 96.1777 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0072541

Argument of periapsis: 162.5982 deg

Mean anomaly: 197.7681 deg

Mean motion: 14.33046578 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000946 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00034434 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 9, 2025, 8:23 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33933U 93036EN 25129.34955850 .00000946 00000-0 34434-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 33933 74.0876 96.1777 0072541 162.5982 197.7681 14.33046578846709

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
IRIDIUM 33 DEB	LEO	2025-04-14 18:16:52	0.0001288652	334.0 (m)	DEBRIS
ARIANE 1 R/B	SSO	2025-01-26 07:35:15	0.0001218772	596.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
IRIDIUM 33 DEB	LEO	2024-11-23 05:25:18	0.000112563	255.0 (m)	DEBRIS
METEOR 2-8 DEB	LEO	2024-08-15 17:43:18	0.0001311726	258.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 17 DEB	SSO	2024-06-20 09:56:51	0.0001082416	67.0 (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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