COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11708

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

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: 1993-036APE

Object number (NORAD): 35663

Object ID (CCSDS): 35663

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.566 minutes

Inclination: 73.9799 deg

SMA: 7068.265 km

Apoapsis: 698.968 km

Periapsis: 681.293 km

RAAN: 290.2609 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0012503

Argument of periapsis: 110.5686 deg

Mean anomaly: 249.6823 deg

Mean motion: 14.60943811 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00013716 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.002797 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: March 14, 2025, 6:56 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: March 13, 2025, 10:34 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35663U 93036APE 25072.94040569 .00013716 00000-0 27970-2 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 35663 73.9799 290.2609 0012503 110.5686 249.6823 14.60943811828532

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
SL-8 DEB *	LEO	2024-07-21 02:43:25	0.0001580594	25.0 (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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