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

11709

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.0

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: 1993-036VG

Object number (NORAD): 34570

Object ID (CCSDS): 34570

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 102.897 minutes

Inclination: 73.9584 deg

SMA: 7273.799 km

Apoapsis: 1034.526 km

Periapsis: 756.802 km

RAAN: 135.461 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0190907

Argument of periapsis: 51.0983 deg

Mean anomaly: 100.192 deg

Mean motion: 13.99460964 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000101 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00060625 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:40 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34570U 93036VG 25187.31960988 .00001010 00000-0 60625-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 34570 73.9584 135.4610 0190907 51.0983 100.1920 13.99460964833704

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
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2025-03-07 07:25:05 0.0001693748 580.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2024-11-17 03:13:03 0.0001886486 221.0 (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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