Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11648
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036KK
Object number (NORAD): 34114
Object ID (CCSDS): 34114
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.149 minutes
Inclination: 74.059 deg
SMA: 7096.066 km
Apoapsis: 753.833 km
Periapsis: 682.028 km
RAAN: 98.632 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0050595
Argument of periapsis: 160.2687 deg
Mean anomaly: 256.5551 deg
Mean motion: 14.52366798 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021781 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 11:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34114U 93036KK 25126.96471560 .00009001 00000-0 21781-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34114 74.0590 98.6320 0050595 160.2687 256.5551 14.52366798846077
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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