Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11651
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036JM
Object number (NORAD): 34050
Object ID (CCSDS): 34050
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.18 minutes
Inclination: 74.0897 deg
SMA: 7287.124 km
Apoapsis: 1068.148 km
Periapsis: 749.83 km
RAAN: 21.9402 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0218411
Argument of periapsis: 139.043 deg
Mean anomaly: 292.6006 deg
Mean motion: 13.95624251 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000976 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060024 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 7:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34050U 93036JM 25129.82805574 .00000976 00000-0 60024-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34050 74.0897 21.9402 0218411 139.0430 292.6006 13.95624251824056
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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