COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11869

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

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: 1993-036WT

Object number (NORAD): 34622

Object ID (CCSDS): 34622

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.263 minutes

Inclination: 74.0426 deg

SMA: 7196.596 km

Apoapsis: 893.554 km

Periapsis: 743.368 km

RAAN: 308.3579 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0104345

Argument of periapsis: 30.9905 deg

Mean anomaly: 34.0072 deg

Mean motion: 14.22040835 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000332 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0014307 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 11:44 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34622U 93036WT 25345.98947317 .00003320 00000-0 14307-2 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 34622 74.0426 308.3579 0104345 30.9905 34.0072 14.22040835864496

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
METEOR 1-17 DEB	LEO	2025-12-06 08:10:06	0.0002792307	93.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-11-09 15:40:59	0.0001947757	514.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-02-04 03:16:46	0.0001484301	780.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-14 DEB	LEO	2024-12-20 12:59:58	0.0001018806	333.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-09-26 20:49:09	0.0002105057	173.0 (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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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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