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

11709

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036JH

Object number (NORAD): 34046

Object ID (CCSDS): 34046

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.671 minutes

Inclination: 74.0393 deg

SMA: 7120.994 km

Apoapsis: 801.66 km

Periapsis: 684.058 km

RAAN: 307.4555 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0082574

Argument of periapsis: 70.4201 deg

Mean anomaly: 350.2178 deg

Mean motion: 14.44747016 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002737 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0007637 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:04 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34046U 93036JH 25187.41974123 .00002737 00000-0 76370-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 34046 74.0393 307.4555 0082574 70.4201 350.2178 14.44747016855242

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 2025-05-28 08:07:25 0.0001291552 196.0 (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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