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

≈ 15.2

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.7

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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: 1993-036RB

Object number (NORAD): 34410

Object ID (CCSDS): 34410

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 94.808 minutes

Inclination: 73.7363 deg

SMA: 6887.422 km

Apoapsis: 524.08 km

Periapsis: 494.494 km

RAAN: 262.8024 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00214784

Argument of periapsis: 104.6964 deg

Mean anomaly: 49.2576 deg

Mean motion: 15.18859783 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00069449 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0032816974 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:47 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34410U 93036RB 25346.24142021 .00069449 00000-0 32817-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 34410 73.7363 262.8024 0021478 104.6964 49.2576 15.18859783897663

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
OBJECT D SSO 2025-09-12 19:13:06 0.0002205006 650.0 (m) UNKNOWN
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-01-17 04:15:49 0.0002042963 524.0 (m) DEBRIS
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B LEO 2024-07-15 05:04:33 0.0003830081 269.0 (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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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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