COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11765

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036ALK

Object number (NORAD): 35465

Object ID (CCSDS): 35465

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.733 minutes

Inclination: 74.0003 deg

SMA: 7123.94 km

Apoapsis: 792.023 km

Periapsis: 699.586 km

RAAN: 30.1892 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00648772

Argument of periapsis: 216.1362 deg

Mean anomaly: 143.5403 deg

Mean motion: 14.43851152 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002576 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00074474468 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 11:35 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 3:03 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35465U 93036ALK 25243.12751188 .00002576 00000-0 74474-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 35465 74.0003 30.1892 0064877 216.1362 143.5403 14.43851152857469

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 2025-05-25 17:53:25 0.00013483 199.0 (m) DEBRIS
FEDSAT SSO 2024-12-01 15:31:24 0.0001259343 415.0 (m) PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-11-16 14:25:50 0.0002905361 311.0 (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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