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

≈ 14.5

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: 1993-036TM

Object number (NORAD): 34468

Object ID (CCSDS): 34468

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.473 minutes

Inclination: 74.0128 deg

SMA: 7111.561 km

Apoapsis: 787.727 km

Periapsis: 679.124 km

RAAN: 118.2959 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00763561

Argument of periapsis: 263.3466 deg

Mean anomaly: 95.8998 deg

Mean motion: 14.4762272 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002221 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0005887288 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, 3:45 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34468U 93036TM 25346.15684842 .00002221 00000-0 58873-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 34468 74.0128 118.2959 0076356 263.3466 95.8998 14.47622720884532

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
GEOSAT	SSO	2024-11-27 18:14:01	0.0004240009	800.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
METEOR 2-5 DEB	LEO	2024-11-16 02:17:27	0.0001338975	766.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-08 20:58:23	0.0001296957	653.0 (m)	DEBRIS
IRS P4 (OCEANSAT 1)	SSO	2024-11-02 18:53:31	0.0004088931	104.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-6 R/B	LEO	2024-08-21 12:34:07	0.0002677454	740.0 (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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