COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11770

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

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: 1993-036WJ

Object number (NORAD): 34613

Object ID (CCSDS): 34613

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.024 minutes

Inclination: 73.9629 deg

SMA: 7185.277 km

Apoapsis: 887.907 km

Periapsis: 726.377 km

RAAN: 98.8664 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01124034

Argument of periapsis: 311.1183 deg

Mean anomaly: 231.2771 deg

Mean motion: 14.25402448 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003863 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0015429626 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 4:46 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 8:43 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34613U 93036WJ 25247.36379287 .00003863 00000-0 15430-2 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 34613 73.9629 98.8664 0112403 311.1183 231.2771 14.25402448850465

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	2025-01-09 20:46:24	0.0001363852	487.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1140	LEO	2024-11-15 21:51:03	0.0003422682	296.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
ARIANE 1 R/B	SSO	2024-11-12 21:51:47	0.0002335553	994.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-10-19 06:51:26	0.0001372208	364.0 (m)	DEBRIS
ERS 1	SSO	2024-07-29 07:19:21	0.0001807211	82.0 (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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