COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11769

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

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: 1993-036JG

Object number (NORAD): 34045

Object ID (CCSDS): 34045

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.419 minutes

Inclination: 74.0388 deg

SMA: 7156.558 km

Apoapsis: 798.126 km

Periapsis: 758.72 km

RAAN: 133.0689 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00275316

Argument of periapsis: 244.0133 deg

Mean anomaly: 268.0063 deg

Mean motion: 14.33991084 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000321 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00012399802 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 3:19 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34045U 93036JG 25247.13843653 .00000321 00000-0 12400-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 34045 74.0388 133.0689 0027532 244.0133 268.0063 14.33991084866056

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 1777	LEO	2024-11-14 16:35:34	0.0003853222	562.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 1777	LEO	2024-11-14 11:34:08	0.0001169834	326.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 1777	LEO	2024-11-14 08:13:11	0.0001268338	776.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 1777	LEO	2024-11-14 06:32:43	0.0002536394	977.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2024-11-11 16:09:21	0.0001721033	842.0 (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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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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