COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11869

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.1

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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: 1993-036HH

Object number (NORAD): 34022

Object ID (CCSDS): 34022

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.072 minutes

Inclination: 74.0542 deg

SMA: 7140.065 km

Apoapsis: 778.143 km

Periapsis: 745.717 km

RAAN: 271.6853 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00227071

Argument of periapsis: 336.7347 deg

Mean anomaly: 175.4704 deg

Mean motion: 14.38962561 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001181 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00039016925 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:09 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34022U 93036HH 25346.25644527 .00001181 00000-0 39017-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 34022 74.0542 271.6853 0022707 336.7347 175.4704 14.38962561881884

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	2025-08-23 23:06:13	0.0001311096	570.0 (m)	DEBRIS
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB	SSO	2025-08-22 12:50:42	0.0001372439	333.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2025-05-24 01:47:43	0.0003105745	56.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-04-28 01:24:49	0.0003261303	35.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-18 16:05:21	0.000179169	778.0 (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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