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

11813

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

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: 1993-036ALA

Object number (NORAD): 35456

Object ID (CCSDS): 35456

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.111 minutes

Inclination: 73.9504 deg

SMA: 7046.484 km

Apoapsis: 712.905 km

Periapsis: 623.792 km

RAAN: 233.4168 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00632325

Argument of periapsis: 97.1309 deg

Mean anomaly: 263.7056 deg

Mean motion: 14.67722948 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00014609 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0024887701 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 14, 2025, 5:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 14, 2025, 2:50 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35456U 93036ALA 25287.11871749 .00014609 00000-0 24888-2 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 35456 73.9504 233.4168 0063233 97.1309 263.7056 14.67722948650006

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
CZ-2C R/B SSO 2025-09-04 21:31:55 0.0004259028 207.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
CHUANG XIN 1 (CZ-1) SSO 2025-05-10 18:28:10 0.0001236769 588.0 (m) PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-11-11 03:14:40 0.0002342618 346.0 (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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