COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11811

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: 1993-036AVV

Object number (NORAD): 35979

Object ID (CCSDS): 35979

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.725 minutes

Inclination: 74.0138 deg

SMA: 7027.96 km

Apoapsis: 691.804 km

Periapsis: 607.847 km

RAAN: 4.9117 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00597303

Argument of periapsis: 154.8258 deg

Mean anomaly: 23.9672 deg

Mean motion: 14.73529397 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000912 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0013663891 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 9, 2025, 11:55 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 9, 2025, 12:02 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35979U 93036AVV 25282.00208196 .00009120 00000-0 13664-2 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 35979 74.0138 4.9117 0059730 154.8258 23.9672 14.73529397876793

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-14 R/B	LEO	2025-06-10 22:25:53	0.0002099328	377.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
STEP 2	LEO	2025-01-03 01:17:15	0.0003087599	901.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2024-12-27 18:34:16	0.000145478	64.0 (m)	DEBRIS
BPA-2/SL-24 R/B	SSO	2024-12-25 03:52:04	0.0001618801	82.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-12-19 15:22:38	0.0001907603	99.0 (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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