Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11655
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036GZ
Object number (NORAD): 34014
Object ID (CCSDS): 34014
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.942 minutes
Inclination: 74.0183 deg
SMA: 7038.395 km
Apoapsis: 690.262 km
Periapsis: 630.258 km
RAAN: 335.4742 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0042626
Argument of periapsis: 169.2492 deg
Mean anomaly: 222.2607 deg
Mean motion: 14.70253828 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004729 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00077796 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 13, 2025, 6:58 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 1:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34014U 93036GZ 25133.56788498 .00004729 00000-0 77796-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34014 74.0183 335.4742 0042626 169.2492 222.2607 14.70253828861688
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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