COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11771

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.1

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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: 1993-036RA

Object number (NORAD): 34409

Object ID (CCSDS): 34409

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.784 minutes

Inclination: 74.0628 deg

SMA: 7078.682 km

Apoapsis: 758.569 km

Periapsis: 642.524 km

RAAN: 131.0407 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00819679

Argument of periapsis: 231.9975 deg

Mean anomaly: 185.7342 deg

Mean motion: 14.57720165 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000104 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00022411126 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 5:28 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34409U 93036RA 25249.72789961 .00001040 00000-0 22411-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 34409 74.0628 131.0407 0081968 231.9975 185.7342 14.57720165877799

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
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-09-07 18:20:21	0.000104016	360.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-14 DEB	LEO	2025-02-25 21:03:07	0.0001305789	103.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-02-07 10:31:14	0.0002365912	617.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-07-31 10:25:29	0.0002673866	226.0 (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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