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

11708

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.9

Latest

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: 1993-036ZZ

Object number (NORAD): 34755

Object ID (CCSDS): 34755

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 106.654 minutes

Inclination: 73.9231 deg

SMA: 7449.793 km

Apoapsis: 1376.628 km

Periapsis: 766.687 km

RAAN: 189.1546 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0409368

Argument of periapsis: 239.318 deg

Mean anomaly: 276.8606 deg

Mean motion: 13.50163877 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000659 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00063606 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 4, 2025, 10:37 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34755U 93036ZZ 25185.44284823 .00000659 00000-0 63606-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 34755 73.9231 189.1546 0409368 239.3180 276.8606 13.50163877803468

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
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-02-22 05:53:37 0.0001038742 404.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-11-15 05:55:08 0.0001379163 366.0 (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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