COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11818

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.1

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.9

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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: 1993-036YQ

Object number (NORAD): 34722

Object ID (CCSDS): 34722

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 102.002 minutes

Inclination: 73.8721 deg

SMA: 7231.548 km

Apoapsis: 974.383 km

Periapsis: 732.443 km

RAAN: 65.4081 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0167281

Argument of periapsis: 359.9045 deg

Mean anomaly: 16.776 deg

Mean motion: 14.11743683 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000977 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0004827 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:06 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 3:22 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34722U 93036YQ 25296.64061043 .00000977 00000-0 48270-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 34722 73.8721 65.4081 0167281 359.9045 16.7760 14.11743683855386

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
SL-14 R/B	LEO	2025-10-03 10:07:16	0.0003814321	810.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 836	LEO	2025-02-13 23:15:29	0.0007253901	188.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-10 21:34:24	0.0002630059	303.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2024-07-10 15:17:49	0.0001001228	954.0 (m)	DEBRIS
VANGUARD 3	MEO	2024-07-01 11:47:37	0.0001199473	216.0 (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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