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

≈ 14.6

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: 1993-036LU

Object number (NORAD): 34274

Object ID (CCSDS): 34274

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.308 minutes

Inclination: 74.0044 deg

SMA: 7055.921 km

Apoapsis: 693.341 km

Periapsis: 662.232 km

RAAN: 69.4552 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00220445

Argument of periapsis: 219.4955 deg

Mean anomaly: 196.8506 deg

Mean motion: 14.64779208 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00010087 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0018879572 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, 6:41 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34274U 93036LU 25346.27888927 .00010087 00000-0 18880-2 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 34274 74.0044 69.4552 0022044 219.4955 196.8506 14.64779208886699

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-2C R/B	SSO	2025-12-04 16:03:12	0.0001230678	475.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-07-29 12:58:15	0.0001045103	707.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-2C R/B	SSO	2025-05-06 13:42:17	0.0001580168	729.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
SHIYAN 2 (SY-2)	SSO	2025-02-22 06:28:16	0.0003022542	158.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-09-25 10:33:34	0.0002376	297.0 (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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