COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11769

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036AXK

Object number (NORAD): 36048

Object ID (CCSDS): 36048

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.166 minutes

Inclination: 74.0562 deg

SMA: 7144.523 km

Apoapsis: 785.896 km

Periapsis: 746.88 km

RAAN: 126.1637 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00273052

Argument of periapsis: 206.6754 deg

Mean anomaly: 304.7439 deg

Mean motion: 14.37615956 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000111 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0003767802 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:20 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 2:28 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 36048U 93036AXK 25245.10319045 .00001110 00000-0 37678-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 36048 74.0562 126.1637 0027305 206.6754 304.7439 14.37615956840414

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	2025-01-29 21:52:22	0.0005173318	336.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-12 00:37:17	0.000144281	209.0 (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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