COSMOS 2251 DEB

Satellite information

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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

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

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: 1993-036AJN

Object number (NORAD): 35284

Object ID (CCSDS): 35284

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.132 minutes

Inclination: 74.0471 deg

SMA: 7142.901 km

Apoapsis: 777.408 km

Periapsis: 752.124 km

RAAN: 197.0994 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0017699

Argument of periapsis: 314.4767 deg

Mean anomaly: 159.1794 deg

Mean motion: 14.38105714 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000302 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00010824 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 6:03 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35284U 93036AJN 25187.75241993 .00000302 00000-0 10824-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 35284 74.0471 197.0994 0017699 314.4767 159.1794 14.38105714849832

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 2025-04-23 01:28:37 0.0001212482 188.0 (m) DEBRIS
DIADEME 1 LEO 2024-09-02 23:58:50 0.0001355611 53.0 (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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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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