COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11829

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.9

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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: 1993-036BBC

Object number (NORAD): 36453

Object ID (CCSDS): 36453

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.165 minutes

Inclination: 73.9246 deg

SMA: 7096.836 km

Apoapsis: 768.62 km

Periapsis: 668.783 km

RAAN: 232.449 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0070339

Argument of periapsis: 147.06 deg

Mean anomaly: 29.5865 deg

Mean motion: 14.52130218 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000523 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0012561244 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 1, 2025, 7:40 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 1:20 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 36453U 93036BBC 25304.55562007 .00005230 00000-0 12561-2 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 36453 73.9246 232.4490 0070339 147.0600 29.5865 14.52130218838559

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	SSO	2025-07-28 05:11:47	0.0004027588	104.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-01-08 18:37:00	0.0001079666	365.0 (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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