COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11763

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: 1993-036BGE

Object number (NORAD): 37108

Object ID (CCSDS): 37108

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.001 minutes

Inclination: 74.0431 deg

SMA: 7136.659 km

Apoapsis: 827.264 km

Periapsis: 689.784 km

RAAN: 274.5632 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00963194

Argument of periapsis: 15.04 deg

Mean anomaly: 345.3582 deg

Mean motion: 14.39992779 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003665 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0011095423 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 7:42 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 37108U 93036BGE 25241.82152002 .00003665 00000-0 11095-2 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 37108 74.0431 274.5632 0096319 15.0400 345.3582 14.39992779839962

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
IRS 1C	SSO	2025-02-20 10:29:31	0.0001887789	486.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-07 19:30:03	0.0001391962	277.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-09-27 07:17:24	0.0008365909	157.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2024-09-24 19:49:24	0.0002632538	285.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2024-06-16 18:19:09	0.0003279561	53.0 (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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