COSMOS 2251 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11712

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

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: 97.908 minutes

Inclination: 74.0162 deg

SMA: 7036.741 km

Apoapsis: 687.113 km

Periapsis: 630.1 km

RAAN: 226.1187 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0040511

Argument of periapsis: 43.1859 deg

Mean anomaly: 135.1353 deg

Mean motion: 14.70772122 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002497 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00040924 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 8, 2025, 8:33 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34014U 93036GZ 25189.85628481 .00002497 00000-0 40924-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 34014 74.0162 226.1187 0040511 43.1859 135.1353 14.70772122869953

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-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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