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
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: 1993-036GW
Object number (NORAD): 34011
Object ID (CCSDS): 34011
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.95 minutes
Inclination: 74.0134 deg
SMA: 7134.247 km
Apoapsis: 784.416 km
Periapsis: 727.808 km
RAAN: 265.053 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0039673
Argument of periapsis: 27.5201 deg
Mean anomaly: 332.8043 deg
Mean motion: 14.40723213 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001389 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00043869 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34011U 93036GW 25187.65801240 .00001389 00000-0 43869-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34011 74.0134 265.0530 0039673 27.5201 332.8043 14.40723213856432
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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