COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11869

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

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: 1993-036AAZ

Object number (NORAD): 34796

Object ID (CCSDS): 34796

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.401 minutes

Inclination: 74.0297 deg

SMA: 7108.097 km

Apoapsis: 801.203 km

Periapsis: 658.721 km

RAAN: 218.361 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01002247

Argument of periapsis: 320.6455 deg

Mean anomaly: 69.5316 deg

Mean motion: 14.48680944 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003746 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00094017782 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 3:56 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34796U 93036AAZ 25345.66445944 .00003746 00000-0 94018-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 34796 74.0297 218.3610 0100225 320.6455 69.5316 14.48680944880123

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
DMSP 5D-3 F17 DEB	SSO	2025-08-16 00:15:35	0.0001838186	113.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-07-12 04:56:03	0.0001913285	59.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 807	LEO	2024-12-23 00:57:19	0.0001607902	528.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
PEGASUS DEB	LEO	2024-11-13 07:15:46	0.00028621	746.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 12	SSO	2024-09-04 20:17:33	0.0002341862	517.0 (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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