COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11649

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036KC

Object number (NORAD): 34065

Object ID (CCSDS): 34065

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.152 minutes

Inclination: 74.0345 deg

SMA: 7143.873 km

Apoapsis: 777.128 km

Periapsis: 754.348 km

RAAN: 301.0261 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015944

Argument of periapsis: 97.0841 deg

Mean anomaly: 60.7482 deg

Mean motion: 14.37812181 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000617 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00021323 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 7, 2025, 10:51 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34065U 93036KC 25127.95256360 .00000617 00000-0 21323-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 34065 74.0345 301.0261 0015944 97.0841 60.7482 14.37812181850600

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 LEO 2024-12-02 13:05:51 0.0001040658 726.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-8 DEB LEO 2024-09-15 12:32:50 0.0001452998 276.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2024-08-23 16:29:29 0.0002219023 181.0 (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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