COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11649

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: 1993-036ATB

Object number (NORAD): 35829

Object ID (CCSDS): 35829

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.917 minutes

Inclination: 74.0276 deg

SMA: 7037.165 km

Apoapsis: 669.157 km

Periapsis: 648.904 km

RAAN: 165.4311 deg

Eccentricy: 0.001439

Argument of periapsis: 287.7007 deg

Mean anomaly: 72.2593 deg

Mean motion: 14.70639176 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00007198 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.001185 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35829U 93036ATB 25127.83340579 .00007198 00000-0 11850-2 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 35829 74.0276 165.4311 0014390 287.7007 72.2593 14.70639176845520

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
AEROCUBE 2	SSO	2024-11-26 15:59:15	0.0001070616	566.0 (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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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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