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

11769

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.1

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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: 1993-036APR

Object number (NORAD): 35674

Object ID (CCSDS): 35674

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.14 minutes

Inclination: 74.0607 deg

SMA: 7095.681 km

Apoapsis: 789.336 km

Periapsis: 645.757 km

RAAN: 148.0485 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01011735

Argument of periapsis: 220.8573 deg

Mean anomaly: 138.4975 deg

Mean motion: 14.52484821 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00009354 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0021469823 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:20 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:39 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35674U 93036APR 25245.15230688 .00009354 00000-0 21470-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 35674 74.0607 148.0485 0101174 220.8573 138.4975 14.52484821846354

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
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB SSO 2025-05-19 02:16:07 0.0001942254 190.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 1777 LEO 2025-02-19 17:56:34 0.0002870686 226.0 (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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