Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11711
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036GR
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: 97.049 minutes
Inclination: 74.0575 deg
SMA: 6995.516 km
Apoapsis: 626.213 km
Periapsis: 608.549 km
RAAN: 99.1942 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012625
Argument of periapsis: 139.1099 deg
Mean anomaly: 12.1798 deg
Mean motion: 14.83792408 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00017657 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021268 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 5:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34006U 93036GR 25188.21093412 .00017657 00000-0 21268-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34006 74.0575 99.1942 0012625 139.1099 12.1798 14.83792408863107
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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