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

11710

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036VU

Object number (NORAD): 34582

Object ID (CCSDS): 34582

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.828 minutes

Inclination: 74.0172 deg

SMA: 7128.461 km

Apoapsis: 786.415 km

Periapsis: 714.238 km

RAAN: 207.1752 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0050626

Argument of periapsis: 355.3686 deg

Mean anomaly: 4.6994 deg

Mean motion: 14.42477566 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001113 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00033887 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 2:12 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34582U 93036VU 25188.09184406 .00001113 00000-0 33887-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 34582 74.0172 207.1752 0050626 355.3686 4.6994 14.42477566856595

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 252 DEB * LEO 2025-05-31 08:57:39 0.0001464233 158.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2025-04-16 07:37:31 0.000311235 165.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-03-01 13:20:26 0.000107095 65.0 (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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