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

11869

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: 1993-036JY

Object number (NORAD): 34061

Object ID (CCSDS): 34061

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.975 minutes

Inclination: 74.0393 deg

SMA: 7135.46 km

Apoapsis: 771.964 km

Periapsis: 742.687 km

RAAN: 264.3988 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00205152

Argument of periapsis: 341.3535 deg

Mean anomaly: 134.386 deg

Mean motion: 14.40355713 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001687 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00053866635 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

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

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 4:38 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34061U 93036JY 25346.19351288 .00001687 00000-0 53867-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 34061 74.0393 264.3988 0020515 341.3535 134.3860 14.40355713881723

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 2251 DEB LEO 2025-08-27 07:40:00 0.000396949 33.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-12-10 21:21:19 0.0005440141 231.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-11-12 13:26:12 0.0001194515 333.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-11-12 11:46:04 0.000390853 320.0 (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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