Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 1993-036NZ
Object number (NORAD): 34327
Object ID (CCSDS): 34327
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.987 minutes
Inclination: 73.9965 deg
SMA: 6992.561 km
Apoapsis: 639.437 km
Periapsis: 589.414 km
RAAN: 126.9838 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0035769
Argument of periapsis: 337.5135 deg
Mean anomaly: 46.1087 deg
Mean motion: 14.8473308 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007531 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00088187 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34327U 93036NZ 25188.81608816 .00007531 00000-0 88187-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34327 73.9965 126.9838 0035769 337.5135 46.1087 14.84733080871611
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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