Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11524
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036QB
Object number (NORAD): 34386
Object ID (CCSDS): 34386
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Jan. 3, 2025
Period: 97.786 minutes
Inclination: 74.0207 deg
SMA: 7030.903 km
Apoapsis: 660.909 km
Periapsis: 644.627 km
RAAN: 225.5177 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011579
Argument of periapsis: 92.6996 deg
Mean anomaly: 67.4554 deg
Mean motion: 14.72604444 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00038971 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0060851 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 12, 2024, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 11:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34386U 93036QB 24042.96031941 .00038971 00000-0 60851-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 34386 74.0207 225.5177 0011579 92.6996 67.4554 14.72604444790181
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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