COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11765

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: 1993-036GW

Object number (NORAD): 34011

Object ID (CCSDS): 34011

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.932 minutes

Inclination: 74.015 deg

SMA: 7133.417 km

Apoapsis: 783.982 km

Periapsis: 726.581 km

RAAN: 160.9831 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0040234

Argument of periapsis: 270.7013 deg

Mean anomaly: 88.9532 deg

Mean motion: 14.40974749 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004313 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0013372519 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 2:20 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 7:53 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34011U 93036GW 25243.82858030 .00004313 00000-0 13373-2 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 34011 74.0150 160.9831 0040234 270.7013 88.9532 14.40974749864337

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
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2025-08-24 05:43:24 0.0003048397 73.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 858 LEO 2024-10-24 21:53:07 0.0002324207 858.0 (m) PAYLOAD
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2024-06-28 17:37:23 0.0001015467 583.0 (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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