COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11816

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: 1993-036GQ

Object number (NORAD): 34005

Object ID (CCSDS): 34005

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.983 minutes

Inclination: 74.0442 deg

SMA: 7135.841 km

Apoapsis: 771.305 km

Periapsis: 744.107 km

RAAN: 309.6002 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0019057

Argument of periapsis: 82.6054 deg

Mean anomaly: 331.0 deg

Mean motion: 14.40240548 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000525 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00017369 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 7:17 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34005U 93036GQ 25294.80403895 .00000525 00000-0 17369-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 34005 74.0442 309.6002 0019057 82.6054 331.0000 14.40240548876316

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
IRIDIUM 914	LEO	2025-10-23 01:04:19	0.0002530277	211.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2024-06-23 05:47:26	0.0001876676	55.0 (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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