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

11770

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

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: 1993-036BRW

Object number (NORAD): 38064

Object ID (CCSDS): 38064

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.952 minutes

Inclination: 74.0246 deg

SMA: 7086.68 km

Apoapsis: 741.582 km

Periapsis: 675.508 km

RAAN: 309.7458 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00466181

Argument of periapsis: 90.9406 deg

Mean anomaly: 269.7099 deg

Mean motion: 14.55253082 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003718 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00085246775 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 9:21 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38064U 93036BRW 25248.89011693 .00003718 00000-0 85247-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 38064 74.0246 309.7458 0046618 90.9406 269.7099 14.55253082704418

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
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2025-06-25 23:46:52 0.0001020083 442.0 (m) DEBRIS
MAST SSO 2025-02-12 23:17:36 0.001478726 356.0 (m) PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-10-27 09:56:46 0.0002063427 280.0 (m) DEBRIS
SCOUT B-1 R/B LEO 2024-06-29 01:36:24 0.0007054994 282.0 (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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