Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
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: 1993-036JY
Object number (NORAD): 34061
Object ID (CCSDS): 34061
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.011 minutes
Inclination: 74.0383 deg
SMA: 7137.135 km
Apoapsis: 773.545 km
Periapsis: 744.455 km
RAAN: 300.3407 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020379
Argument of periapsis: 74.3839 deg
Mean anomaly: 77.3008 deg
Mean motion: 14.3984877 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001027 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033471 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 9:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34061U 93036JY 25131.88647705 .00001027 00000-0 33471-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34061 74.0383 300.3407 0020379 74.3839 77.3008 14.39848770850877
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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