COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11825

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: 100.464 minutes

Inclination: 74.0867 deg

SMA: 7158.682 km

Apoapsis: 832.251 km

Periapsis: 728.843 km

RAAN: 139.9394 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00722261

Argument of periapsis: 160.953 deg

Mean anomaly: 199.4349 deg

Mean motion: 14.33352954 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001051 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00037924819 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 30, 2025, 3:32 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 29, 2025, 10:47 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33933U 93036EN 25302.94950081 .00001051 00000-0 37925-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 33933 74.0867 139.9394 0072226 160.9530 199.4349 14.33352954871572

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
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-10-20 01:07:58	0.0001958294	150.0 (m)	DEBRIS
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

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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