COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11709

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

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: 1993-036GP

Object number (NORAD): 34004

Object ID (CCSDS): 34004

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.491 minutes

Inclination: 74.0349 deg

SMA: 7112.384 km

Apoapsis: 759.019 km

Periapsis: 709.478 km

RAAN: 250.9814 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0034827

Argument of periapsis: 309.071 deg

Mean anomaly: 50.7351 deg

Mean motion: 14.47371413 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002257 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00061863 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:59 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34004U 93036GP 25187.62495750 .00002257 00000-0 61863-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 34004 74.0349 250.9814 0034827 309.0710 50.7351 14.47371413857278

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
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-02-02 01:13:23 0.0001275724 454.0 (m) DEBRIS
PICOSAT 3 SSO 2025-01-21 05:11:30 0.0001403199 571.0 (m) PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2024-09-07 22:05:01 0.0001021972 407.0 (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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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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