COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11647

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: 100.096 minutes

Inclination: 74.0533 deg

SMA: 7141.218 km

Apoapsis: 778.809 km

Periapsis: 747.357 km

RAAN: 317.7417 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0022021

Argument of periapsis: 81.7417 deg

Mean anomaly: 302.4595 deg

Mean motion: 14.38614095 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000915 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00030632 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:32 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34022U 93036HH 25125.81397237 .00000915 00000-0 30632-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 34022 74.0533 317.7417 0022021 81.7417 302.4595 14.38614095850181

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 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
SL-8 R/B LEO 2024-07-31 05:09:31 0.00109678 38.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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