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: 1993-036JH
Object number (NORAD): 34046
Object ID (CCSDS): 34046
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.671 minutes
Inclination: 74.0393 deg
SMA: 7120.994 km
Apoapsis: 801.66 km
Periapsis: 684.058 km
RAAN: 307.4555 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0082574
Argument of periapsis: 70.4201 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.2178 deg
Mean motion: 14.44747016 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002737 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007637 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34046U 93036JH 25187.41974123 .00002737 00000-0 76370-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34046 74.0393 307.4555 0082574 70.4201 350.2178 14.44747016855242
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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