COSMOS 2251 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11819

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.9

Latest

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: 1993-036BJV

Object number (NORAD): 37305

Object ID (CCSDS): 37305

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.289 minutes

Inclination: 73.8723 deg

SMA: 7150.358 km

Apoapsis: 807.346 km

Periapsis: 737.099 km

RAAN: 21.8082 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00491214

Argument of periapsis: 350.0258 deg

Mean anomaly: 9.9914 deg

Mean motion: 14.35856699 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000222 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00076508317 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 12:21 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 37305U 93036BJV 25297.51469358 .00002220 00000-0 76508-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 37305 73.8723 21.8082 0049121 350.0258 9.9914 14.35856699661608

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
SL-16 R/B SSO 2024-09-22 03:36:01 0.0004238822 260.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
CZ-4C R/B SSO 2024-08-27 21:48:22 0.0001102637 125.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
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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