Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036LH
Object number (NORAD): 34136
Object ID (CCSDS): 34136
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.401 minutes
Inclination: 74.0205 deg
SMA: 7012.46 km
Apoapsis: 697.397 km
Periapsis: 571.254 km
RAAN: 356.0452 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0089942
Argument of periapsis: 159.2833 deg
Mean anomaly: 273.713 deg
Mean motion: 14.78417706 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003245 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00042067 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, 2:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34136U 93036LH 25187.58879046 .00003245 00000-0 42067-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34136 74.0205 356.0452 0089942 159.2833 273.7130 14.78417706876576
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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