COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11709

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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: 1993-036AEW

Object number (NORAD): 34967

Object ID (CCSDS): 34967

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.769 minutes

Inclination: 73.9911 deg

SMA: 7125.639 km

Apoapsis: 775.961 km

Periapsis: 719.047 km

RAAN: 196.5868 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0039936

Argument of periapsis: 19.0 deg

Mean anomaly: 341.2635 deg

Mean motion: 14.43334681 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001287 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00038589 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 3, 2025, 7:39 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34967U 93036AEW 25184.31934240 .00001287 00000-0 38589-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 34967 73.9911 196.5868 0039936 19.0000 341.2635 14.43334681626133

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
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-11-12 16:19:48 0.001129816 94.0 (m) DEBRIS
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB SSO 2024-09-25 02:42:42 0.0001880397 885.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B LEO 2024-08-12 19:26:53 0.0001156755 348.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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