COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11709

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: 1993-036GE

Object number (NORAD): 33995

Object ID (CCSDS): 33995

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.428 minutes

Inclination: 74.0615 deg

SMA: 7156.974 km

Apoapsis: 823.977 km

Periapsis: 733.702 km

RAAN: 50.168 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0063068

Argument of periapsis: 105.2513 deg

Mean anomaly: 255.5623 deg

Mean motion: 14.33866071 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001572 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00056107 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:19 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 33995U 93036GE 25187.63881297 .00001572 00000-0 56107-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 33995 74.0615 50.1680 0063068 105.2513 255.5623 14.33866071852387

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
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-06-20 22:58:49 0.0001789707 132.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-02-23 16:39:56 0.0001417713 425.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-10-23 21:43:25 0.0001000639 154.0 (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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
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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