COSMOS 2251 DEB

Satellite information

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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

≈ 14.2

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

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: 1993-036VF

Object number (NORAD): 34569

Object ID (CCSDS): 34569

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.07 minutes

Inclination: 73.9903 deg

SMA: 7187.476 km

Apoapsis: 922.369 km

Periapsis: 696.313 km

RAAN: 200.1629 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01572567

Argument of periapsis: 28.8066 deg

Mean anomaly: 1.9109 deg

Mean motion: 14.24748288 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001868 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00071468017 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 2:51 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34569U 93036VF 25345.61891929 .00001868 00000-0 71468-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 34569 73.9903 200.1629 0157257 28.8066 1.9109 14.24748288869525

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
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-12-01 10:45:40 0.0001726321 247.0 (m) DEBRIS
METEOR 2-20 DEB LEO 2024-09-06 00:52:06 0.0001321266 437.0 (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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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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