Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11646
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036NX
Object number (NORAD): 34325
Object ID (CCSDS): 34325
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.623 minutes
Inclination: 73.871 deg
SMA: 7260.875 km
Apoapsis: 1025.141 km
Periapsis: 740.339 km
RAAN: 223.4851 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0196121
Argument of periapsis: 283.3374 deg
Mean anomaly: 240.1718 deg
Mean motion: 14.03199206 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003164 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017273 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 6:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34325U 93036NX 25124.75597233 .00003164 00000-0 17273-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34325 73.8710 223.4851 0196121 283.3374 240.1718 14.03199206824002
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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