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

11649

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.0

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

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: 1993-036AUU

Object number (NORAD): 35905

Object ID (CCSDS): 35905

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.291 minutes

Inclination: 74.0327 deg

SMA: 6959.058 km

Apoapsis: 647.519 km

Periapsis: 514.327 km

RAAN: 297.7973 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0095697

Argument of periapsis: 77.8404 deg

Mean anomaly: 283.348 deg

Mean motion: 14.95467844 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00011006 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00090896 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 7, 2025, 2:47 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:43 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35905U 93036AUU 25125.82158241 .00011006 00000-0 90896-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 35905 74.0327 297.7973 0095697 77.8404 283.3480 14.95467844854486

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
DEMETER SSO 2024-12-19 20:18:14 0.0001340472 685.0 (m) PAYLOAD
BLACK ARROW R/B LEO 2024-11-12 02:37:00 0.0003574545 873.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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