COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11818

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

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: 1993-036GZ

Object number (NORAD): 34014

Object ID (CCSDS): 34014

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.807 minutes

Inclination: 74.02 deg

SMA: 7031.932 km

Apoapsis: 680.793 km

Periapsis: 626.8 km

RAAN: 18.3378 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0038391

Argument of periapsis: 173.1583 deg

Mean anomaly: 347.2667 deg

Mean motion: 14.72281361 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00007806 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.001225 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 9:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 4:01 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34014U 93036GZ 25296.66784676 .00007806 00000-0 12250-2 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 34014 74.0200 18.3378 0038391 173.1583 347.2667 14.72281361885662

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
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-07-30 09:49:30 0.000234343 162.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-4C R/B SSO 2024-11-02 13:30:33 0.0008716903 30.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-09-25 00:00:37 0.0001572656 332.0 (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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