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

11647

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

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: 1993-036AVY

Object number (NORAD): 35982

Object ID (CCSDS): 35982

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.54 minutes

Inclination: 74.059 deg

SMA: 7066.982 km

Apoapsis: 736.986 km

Periapsis: 640.709 km

RAAN: 49.8423 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0068118

Argument of periapsis: 176.2167 deg

Mean anomaly: 183.953 deg

Mean motion: 14.61341583 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003263 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0006448 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 5, 2025, 12:23 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35982U 93036AVY 25125.51640001 .00003263 00000-0 64480-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 35982 74.0590 49.8423 0068118 176.2167 183.9530 14.61341583829338

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
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-01-22 10:20:46 0.0002257237 456.0 (m) DEBRIS
ATLAS AGENA D R/B LEO 2024-07-02 19:51:17 0.0002407114 27.0 (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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