COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11809

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.1

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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: 1993-036AAT

Object number (NORAD): 34790

Object ID (CCSDS): 34790

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.102 minutes

Inclination: 74.0545 deg

SMA: 7188.962 km

Apoapsis: 882.235 km

Periapsis: 739.419 km

RAAN: 350.1132 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00993296

Argument of periapsis: 66.0232 deg

Mean anomaly: 83.8842 deg

Mean motion: 14.24306544 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000135 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00056556463 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 15, 2025, 2:21 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 14, 2025, 2:58 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34790U 93036AAT 25287.62422535 .00001350 00000-0 56556-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 34790 74.0545 350.1132 0099330 66.0232 83.8842 14.24306544857318

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-3 R/B	LEO	2025-06-25 09:57:46	0.0007604906	100.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 1190	LEO	2025-02-19 01:58:49	0.0001823043	406.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C	SSO	2024-12-04 18:21:07	0.0001205777	947.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-01 11:23:28	0.000247426	53.0 (m)	DEBRIS
PEGASUS DEB	LEO	2024-09-26 22:42:39	0.000426462	90.0 (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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