COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11769

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.9

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: 1993-036AGL

Object number (NORAD): 35023

Object ID (CCSDS): 35023

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.633 minutes

Inclination: 74.0393 deg

SMA: 6975.53 km

Apoapsis: 625.099 km

Periapsis: 569.692 km

RAAN: 53.6065 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00397153

Argument of periapsis: 160.6188 deg

Mean anomaly: 324.2501 deg

Mean motion: 14.90173855 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00029282 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0029694513 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:29 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 3:42 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35023U 93036AGL 25246.65425670 .00029282 00000-0 29695-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 35023 74.0393 53.6065 0039715 160.6188 324.2501 14.90173855867866

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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
SL-14 R/B	LEO	2025-08-09 19:09:17	0.0004128464	159.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

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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