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

11769

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

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: 1993-036BNH

Object number (NORAD): 37528

Object ID (CCSDS): 37528

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.308 minutes

Inclination: 74.0378 deg

SMA: 7103.686 km

Apoapsis: 739.013 km

Periapsis: 712.09 km

RAAN: 309.7101 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00189497

Argument of periapsis: 121.7249 deg

Mean anomaly: 238.5762 deg

Mean motion: 14.50030344 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002188 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00057020397 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 9:15 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 37528U 93036BNH 25246.88584736 .00002188 00000-0 57020-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 37528 74.0378 309.7101 0018950 121.7249 238.5762 14.50030344844830

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
OV1-20/OV1-21 AKM LEO 2025-03-20 04:56:49 0.0004600876 181.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-01-03 01:40:41 0.0002103544 146.0 (m) DEBRIS
ERS 2 DEB SSO 2024-07-25 17:04:18 0.000737915 48.0 (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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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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