Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 1993-036GV
Object number (NORAD): 34010
Object ID (CCSDS): 34010
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.022 minutes
Inclination: 74.0082 deg
SMA: 6946.108 km
Apoapsis: 578.867 km
Periapsis: 557.08 km
RAAN: 250.6788 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015683
Argument of periapsis: 41.2039 deg
Mean anomaly: 319.0328 deg
Mean motion: 14.99651782 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00017793 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014393 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34010U 93036GV 25187.62509959 .00017793 00000-0 14393-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34010 74.0082 250.6788 0015683 41.2039 319.0328 14.99651782868975
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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