Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11651
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
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: 1993-036GR
Object number (NORAD): 34006
Object ID (CCSDS): 34006
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.175 minutes
Inclination: 74.0594 deg
SMA: 7001.584 km
Apoapsis: 631.418 km
Periapsis: 615.48 km
RAAN: 215.7505 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011382
Argument of periapsis: 264.7776 deg
Mean anomaly: 125.5023 deg
Mean motion: 14.818638 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00024318 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0030643 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 5:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34006U 93036GR 25129.22449543 .00024318 00000-0 30643-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34006 74.0594 215.7505 0011382 264.7776 125.5023 14.81863800854366
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.
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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