COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11868

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: 1993-036QC

Object number (NORAD): 34387

Object ID (CCSDS): 34387

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.736 minutes

Inclination: 74.0394 deg

SMA: 7124.047 km

Apoapsis: 773.536 km

Periapsis: 718.288 km

RAAN: 213.0478 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00387761

Argument of periapsis: 310.1156 deg

Mean anomaly: 208.6562 deg

Mean motion: 14.43818415 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001466 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0004343424 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, 2:52 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34387U 93036QC 25346.11989547 .00001466 00000-0 43434-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 34387 74.0394 213.0478 0038776 310.1156 208.6562 14.43818415881721

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
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-08-12 01:44:37	0.0001519879	30.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2025-02-02 08:10:10	0.0003268757	130.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-09 02:23:35	0.000174605	763.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-12-19 05:48:54	0.0001550887	717.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2024-10-01 04:37:35	0.0004638997	211.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

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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