COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11767

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: 99.466 minutes

Inclination: 74.036 deg

SMA: 7111.225 km

Apoapsis: 757.259 km

Periapsis: 708.92 km

RAAN: 142.2663 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00339881

Argument of periapsis: 186.6588 deg

Mean anomaly: 173.4125 deg

Mean motion: 14.47725308 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000639 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0017238785 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 5:56 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34004U 93036GP 25245.74745803 .00006390 00000-0 17239-2 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 34004 74.0360 142.2663 0033988 186.6588 173.4125 14.47725308865687

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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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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