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

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036ATY

Object number (NORAD): 35885

Object ID (CCSDS): 35885

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.203 minutes

Inclination: 74.0283 deg

SMA: 7146.278 km

Apoapsis: 785.225 km

Periapsis: 751.06 km

RAAN: 339.3002 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0023904

Argument of periapsis: 117.9565 deg

Mean anomaly: 242.4012 deg

Mean motion: 14.37086495 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000992 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00034155 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 7, 2025, 7:06 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 6, 2025, 10:56 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35885U 93036ATY 25126.95601129 .00000992 00000-0 34155-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 35885 74.0283 339.3002 0023904 117.9565 242.4012 14.37086495833070

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
NOAA 6	SSO	2024-12-13 06:08:56	0.0001251353	686.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-09-06 15:07:04	0.0001094173	188.0 (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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