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
74.2
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: 1993-036KY
Object number (NORAD): 34127
Object ID (CCSDS): 34127
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.751 minutes
Inclination: 74.1803 deg
SMA: 7172.314 km
Apoapsis: 876.381 km
Periapsis: 711.977 km
RAAN: 79.534 deg
Eccentricy: 0.011461
Argument of periapsis: 337.9215 deg
Mean anomaly: 174.8733 deg
Mean motion: 14.29268532 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008145 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0029898 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, 7:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34127U 93036KY 25127.31218066 .00008145 00000-0 29898-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34127 74.1803 79.5340 0114610 337.9215 174.8733 14.29268532836342
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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