COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11869

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: 1993-036FE

Object number (NORAD): 33971

Object ID (CCSDS): 33971

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.019 minutes

Inclination: 74.0251 deg

SMA: 7137.547 km

Apoapsis: 772.645 km

Periapsis: 746.179 km

RAAN: 254.7302 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00185402

Argument of periapsis: 355.3444 deg

Mean anomaly: 155.6711 deg

Mean motion: 14.39724239 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001388 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00045083815 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 4:48 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33971U 93036FE 25346.20016029 .00001388 00000-0 45084-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 33971 74.0251 254.7302 0018540 355.3444 155.6711 14.39724239881314

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	2025-03-22 02:18:48	0.0008542867	47.0 (m)	DEBRIS
IRIDIUM 38	LEO	2024-09-17 11:08:28	0.0002904039	77.0 (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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