Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
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: 99.965 minutes
Inclination: 74.0164 deg
SMA: 7134.989 km
Apoapsis: 785.579 km
Periapsis: 728.13 km
RAAN: 14.2493 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0040259
Argument of periapsis: 153.3992 deg
Mean anomaly: 206.9241 deg
Mean motion: 14.40498376 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002648 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00083222 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 4:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34011U 93036GW 25128.70135892 .00002648 00000-0 83222-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34011 74.0164 14.2493 0040259 153.3992 206.9241 14.40498376847759
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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