COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11762

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: 101.116 minutes

Inclination: 74.0518 deg

SMA: 7189.617 km

Apoapsis: 884.098 km

Periapsis: 738.867 km

RAAN: 75.7982 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01010005

Argument of periapsis: 163.938 deg

Mean anomaly: 347.2426 deg

Mean motion: 14.24111931 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001443 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00060492087 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 28, 2025, 11:13 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, midnight UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34790U 93036AAT 25240.00006622 .00001443 00000-0 60492-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 34790 74.0518 75.7982 0101000 163.9380 347.2426 14.24111931850536

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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