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

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036NA

Object number (NORAD): 34304

Object ID (CCSDS): 34304

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.148 minutes

Inclination: 74.0131 deg

SMA: 7143.673 km

Apoapsis: 857.675 km

Periapsis: 673.401 km

RAAN: 120.88 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01289769

Argument of periapsis: 258.4873 deg

Mean anomaly: 116.0795 deg

Mean motion: 14.3787251 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00005932 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0017930331 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:04 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34304U 93036NA 25347.66950365 .00005932 00000-0 17930-2 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 34304 74.0131 120.8800 0128977 258.4873 116.0795 14.37872510873108

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 2297	LEO	2025-10-27 00:43:13	0.0001075275	102.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-4C R/B	LEO	2025-05-06 02:48:11	0.0001126672	338.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
GEOS 3	SSO	2025-03-04 01:30:26	0.0001172817	737.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-11-20 17:19:56	0.0004123644	896.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-11-05 00:18:16	0.0001755191	599.0 (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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