Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11573
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036HT
Object number (NORAD): 34032
Object ID (CCSDS): 34032
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Feb. 21, 2025
Period: 90.429 minutes
Inclination: 73.9762 deg
SMA: 6673.676 km
Apoapsis: 307.264 km
Periapsis: 283.817 km
RAAN: 295.9809 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0017567
Argument of periapsis: 166.5329 deg
Mean anomaly: 193.6378 deg
Mean motion: 15.92410856 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.05920756 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.02332 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 17, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 17, 2025, 3:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34032U 93036HT 25048.12830426 .05920756 61765-1 23320-1 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34032 73.9762 295.9809 0017567 166.5329 193.6378 15.92410856843988
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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