COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11869

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: 1993-036BQV

Object number (NORAD): 37994

Object ID (CCSDS): 37994

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.026 minutes

Inclination: 74.0362 deg

SMA: 7137.872 km

Apoapsis: 776.111 km

Periapsis: 743.363 km

RAAN: 274.8228 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00229391

Argument of periapsis: 354.1693 deg

Mean anomaly: 5.9191 deg

Mean motion: 14.39625855 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001819 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00058855198 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 5:47 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 5 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 37994U 93036BQV 25347.20849140 .00001819 00000-0 58855-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 37994 74.0362 274.8228 0022939 354.1693 5.9191 14.39625855770710

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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
RITE TARGET 2	SSO	2025-09-03 09:11:30	0.0006896581	547.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-4 DEB	SSO	2025-05-01 08:04:13	0.0001146005	237.0 (m)	DEBRIS
IRIDIUM 44	LEO	2025-02-22 02:36:20	0.0001437179	639.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB	SSO	2024-09-27 22:14:07	0.0001188416	402.0 (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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