COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11770

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.0

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.8

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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: 1993-036BFR

Object number (NORAD): 37095

Object ID (CCSDS): 37095

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 102.657 minutes

Inclination: 73.8481 deg

SMA: 7262.516 km

Apoapsis: 1029.345 km

Periapsis: 739.417 km

RAAN: 14.1428 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01996055

Argument of periapsis: 90.2967 deg

Mean anomaly: 272.104 deg

Mean motion: 14.02723659 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002744 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0015025389 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 11:24 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 2:03 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 37095U 93036BFR 25242.08562336 .00002744 00000-0 15025-2 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 37095 73.8481 14.1428 0199605 90.2967 272.1040 14.02723659611687

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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
COSMOS 2208	LEO	2024-10-28 06:44:02	0.0002372406	246.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-09-27 11:28:54	0.0003340208	85.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NADEZHDA 7	LEO	2024-09-14 14:08:50	0.00158889	63.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 1809	LEO	2024-09-07 02:41:15	0.0003170453	231.0 (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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