COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11868

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: 1993-036BNS

Object number (NORAD): 37537

Object ID (CCSDS): 37537

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.175 minutes

Inclination: 74.0122 deg

SMA: 7144.944 km

Apoapsis: 802.686 km

Periapsis: 730.931 km

RAAN: 267.468 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00502138

Argument of periapsis: 48.0201 deg

Mean anomaly: 312.5213 deg

Mean motion: 14.37489039 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001152 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0003879169 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 11:15 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 37537U 93036BNS 25345.46888538 .00001152 00000-0 38792-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 37537 74.0122 267.4680 0050214 48.0201 312.5213 14.37489039850157

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
IRIDIUM 33 DEB	LEO	2025-05-30 19:50:42	0.0001367766	514.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-09 01:54:25	0.0002598558	818.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1023	LEO	2024-12-26 11:17:13	0.002266974	92.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-16 10:41:49	0.0001488834	866.0 (m)	DEBRIS
RESURS O1-N4	SSO	2024-09-21 16:09:07	0.0009535504	149.0 (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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