COSMOS 2251 DEB

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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

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036BSA

Object number (NORAD): 38068

Object ID (CCSDS): 38068

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.295 minutes

Inclination: 74.0216 deg

SMA: 7150.674 km

Apoapsis: 791.991 km

Periapsis: 753.087 km

RAAN: 141.6545 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00272028

Argument of periapsis: 257.5642 deg

Mean anomaly: 102.2466 deg

Mean motion: 14.35761365 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000075 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000267359 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 10:54 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38068U 93036BSA 25241.45435539 .00000750 00000-0 26736-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 38068 74.0216 141.6545 0027203 257.5642 102.2466 14.35761365651350

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
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-12 15:02:05	0.0001298574	76.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2024-11-11 14:40:24	0.0002769105	733.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-10-28 19:57:02	0.0002303448	59.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 17 DEB	SSO	2024-09-27 10:28:56	0.0001148488	264.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-08-06 14:25:45	0.0007306767	12.0 (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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