COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11822

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.5

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: 1993-036BQD

Object number (NORAD): 37978

Object ID (CCSDS): 37978

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 93.201 minutes

Inclination: 74.0325 deg

SMA: 6809.362 km

Apoapsis: 449.063 km

Periapsis: 413.391 km

RAAN: 196.7039 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00261929

Argument of periapsis: 203.1755 deg

Mean anomaly: 156.8277 deg

Mean motion: 15.45052126 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00218374 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0044401253 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:46 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 11:01 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 37978U 93036BQD 25298.45910027 .00218374 00000-0 44401-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 37978 74.0325 196.7039 0026193 203.1755 156.8277 15.45052126 76488

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
AUREOLE 2	LEO	2025-01-22 01:30:19	0.00025113	504.0 (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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