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

≈ 15.9

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: 1993-036SW

Object number (NORAD): 34453

Object ID (CCSDS): 34453

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 90.609 minutes

Inclination: 74.0973 deg

SMA: 6682.546 km

Apoapsis: 321.695 km

Periapsis: 287.127 km

RAAN: 100.0507 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00258649

Argument of periapsis: 335.7744 deg

Mean anomaly: 24.2271 deg

Mean motion: 15.89241275 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.03551032 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.014339777 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:32 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 8:37 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34453U 93036SW 25346.35941214 .03551032 14327-1 14340-1 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 34453 74.0973 100.0507 0025865 335.7744 24.2271 15.89241275888616

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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 C	SSO	2025-10-27 03:32:47	0.00012265	470.0 (m)	UNKNOWN
OBJECT C	SSO	2025-10-27 00:24:07	0.0001601657	583.0 (m)	UNKNOWN
OBJECT C	SSO	2025-10-26 21:15:27	0.0001862172	622.0 (m)	UNKNOWN
OBJECT D	SSO	2025-03-08 06:59:22	0.0001648771	309.0 (m)	UNKNOWN
ORBCOMM FM 41	LEO	2024-10-06 08:31:20	0.0001491528	305.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

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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