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

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.9

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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: 1993-036ALD

Object number (NORAD): 35459

Object ID (CCSDS): 35459

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.199 minutes

Inclination: 73.8712 deg

SMA: 7146.095 km

Apoapsis: 779.162 km

Periapsis: 756.759 km

RAAN: 128.6594 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015675

Argument of periapsis: 109.0447 deg

Mean anomaly: 251.2405 deg

Mean motion: 14.37141552 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000586 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00020591 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 3, 2025, 1:01 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35459U 93036ALD 25184.54257704 .00000586 00000-0 20591-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 35459 73.8712 128.6594 0015675 109.0447 251.2405 14.37141552560317

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-6A DEB	LEO	2025-07-01 00:07:39	0.001866308	20.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 540	LEO	2025-01-08 15:50:57	0.0002670687	113.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
ARIANE 40 R/B	SSO	2025-01-06 19:52:03	0.0001208376	923.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-14 07:46:49	0.0001779242	277.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-09-26 20:58:10	0.0002809169	996.0 (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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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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