COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11646

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: 1993-036AWD

Object number (NORAD): 35987

Object ID (CCSDS): 35987

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.892 minutes

Inclination: 74.0022 deg

SMA: 7131.474 km

Apoapsis: 790.621 km

Periapsis: 716.057 km

RAAN: 27.3062 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0052278

Argument of periapsis: 205.7561 deg

Mean anomaly: 154.0991 deg

Mean motion: 14.41563612 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003836 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0011682 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 2, 2025, 2:33 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: April 30, 2025, 9:58 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35987U 93036AWD 25120.41569937 .00003836 00000-0 11682-2 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 35987 74.0022 27.3062 0052278 205.7561 154.0991 14.41563612578023

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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
RITE TARGET 1	SSO	2025-01-30 08:44:38	0.0005020994	298.0 (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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