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

≈ 13.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.8

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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: 1993-036JQ

Object number (NORAD): 34053

Object ID (CCSDS): 34053

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 106.733 minutes

Inclination: 73.8442 deg

SMA: 7453.488 km

Apoapsis: 1390.031 km

Periapsis: 760.675 km

RAAN: 243.0916 deg

Eccentricy: 0.04221884

Argument of periapsis: 31.7344 deg

Mean anomaly: 330.8475 deg

Mean motion: 13.49159931 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001146 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0010704347 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, 4:02 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34053U 93036JQ 25346.16864388 .00001146 00000-0 10704-2 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 34053 73.8442 243.0916 0422188 31.7344 330.8475 13.49159931826761

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
IRS P2	SSO	2024-10-18 23:56:50	0.0002707806	600.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
SL-8 DEB	LEO	2024-09-29 04:31:16	0.001075818	353.0 (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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