Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036LN
Object number (NORAD): 34141
Object ID (CCSDS): 34141
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.563 minutes
Inclination: 74.0112 deg
SMA: 7115.837 km
Apoapsis: 778.58 km
Periapsis: 696.824 km
RAAN: 72.478 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0057446
Argument of periapsis: 211.0443 deg
Mean anomaly: 300.7019 deg
Mean motion: 14.46317985 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.000051 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014001 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 6:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34141U 93036LN 25131.28396330 .00005100 00000-0 14001-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34141 74.0112 72.4780 0057446 211.0443 300.7019 14.46317985845767
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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