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

11650

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.2

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: 1993-036AES

Object number (NORAD): 34963

Object ID (CCSDS): 34963

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.393 minutes

Inclination: 74.1708 deg

SMA: 7107.738 km

Apoapsis: 759.425 km

Periapsis: 699.78 km

RAAN: 90.7391 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0041958

Argument of periapsis: 341.2591 deg

Mean anomaly: 18.7022 deg

Mean motion: 14.4879082 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00006664 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0017508 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 7, 2025, 1:55 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34963U 93036AES 25127.58014095 .00006664 00000-0 17508-2 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 34963 74.1708 90.7391 0041958 341.2591 18.7022 14.48790820836252

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
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-01-19 06:17:31 0.000289295 128.0 (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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