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

≈ 13.9

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.9

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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: 1993-036BTR

Object number (NORAD): 38481

Object ID (CCSDS): 38481

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 103.24 minutes

Inclination: 73.9331 deg

SMA: 7289.943 km

Apoapsis: 1082.733 km

Periapsis: 740.883 km

RAAN: 9.956 deg

Eccentricy: 0.02344672

Argument of periapsis: 310.478 deg

Mean anomaly: 47.6118 deg

Mean motion: 13.94814903 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004395 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0026201501 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, 8:25 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38481U 93036BTR 25345.35109837 .00004395 00000-0 26202-2 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 38481 73.9331 9.9560 0234467 310.4780 47.6118 13.94814903590418

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
THOR ABLESTAR DEB	LEO	2025-06-18 08:45:35	0.0001911329	251.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2025-04-18 20:25:21	0.0002201123	94.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-01-21 21:42:47	0.0001000295	527.0 (m)	DEBRIS
START 1	LEO	2024-11-28 21:01:30	0.0001513634	650.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-08 19:54:32	0.00119546	255.0 (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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