Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036JG
Object number (NORAD): 34045
Object ID (CCSDS): 34045
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.423 minutes
Inclination: 74.0398 deg
SMA: 7156.732 km
Apoapsis: 797.181 km
Periapsis: 760.012 km
RAAN: 351.4697 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0025968
Argument of periapsis: 132.2183 deg
Mean anomaly: 296.5544 deg
Mean motion: 14.3393899 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000264 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010365 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 6:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34045U 93036JG 25127.75487648 .00000264 00000-0 10365-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34045 74.0398 351.4697 0025968 132.2183 296.5544 14.33938990848941
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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