Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036GU
Object number (NORAD): 34009
Object ID (CCSDS): 34009
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.484 minutes
Inclination: 74.0369 deg
SMA: 7159.623 km
Apoapsis: 801.251 km
Periapsis: 761.724 km
RAAN: 267.6619 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027604
Argument of periapsis: 15.9541 deg
Mean anomaly: 94.6398 deg
Mean motion: 14.33070561 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000179 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000074629 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34009U 93036GU 25187.62624104 .00000179 00000-0 74629-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34009 74.0369 267.6619 0027604 15.9541 94.6398 14.33070561856668
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.
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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