COSMOS 2251 DEB

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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

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036XS

Object number (NORAD): 34672

Object ID (CCSDS): 34672

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.27 minutes

Inclination: 74.0323 deg

SMA: 7149.466 km

Apoapsis: 789.367 km

Periapsis: 753.296 km

RAAN: 237.4684 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0025226

Argument of periapsis: 349.1626 deg

Mean anomaly: 133.8487 deg

Mean motion: 14.36125291 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000327 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00012092 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:58 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34672U 93036XS 25187.83228186 .00000327 00000-0 12092-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 34672 74.0323 237.4684 0025226 349.1626 133.8487 14.36125291854549

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 2025-02-05 07:40:54 0.0001483488 430.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-01-10 15:05:10 0.0001795926 727.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-10-16 06:08:45 0.0001148414 661.0 (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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