COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11814

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

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: 1993-036BDL

Object number (NORAD): 36550

Object ID (CCSDS): 36550

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.923 minutes

Inclination: 74.0455 deg

SMA: 7180.497 km

Apoapsis: 858.393 km

Periapsis: 746.331 km

RAAN: 324.5202 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00780316

Argument of periapsis: 31.3586 deg

Mean anomaly: 329.218 deg

Mean motion: 14.26825958 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002477 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0009988216 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 1, 2025, 10:13 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 30, 2025, 8:52 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 36550U 93036BDL 25273.86980379 .00002477 00000-0 99882-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 36550 74.0455 324.5202 0078032 31.3586 329.2180 14.26825958835562

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
COSMOS 676	LEO	2025-05-12 09:47:26	0.0002119745	276.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
THOR BURNER 2 R/B	SSO	2024-11-13 15:06:53	0.0005208083	357.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
IRIDIUM 33 DEB	LEO	2024-11-13 08:30:16	0.0002965934	347.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-11-11 13:16:09	0.0001648243	528.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-11-09 14:00:35	0.0003783483	351.0 (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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