Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11648
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036QC
Object number (NORAD): 34387
Object ID (CCSDS): 34387
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.775 minutes
Inclination: 74.0408 deg
SMA: 7125.92 km
Apoapsis: 775.222 km
Periapsis: 720.347 km
RAAN: 263.0094 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0038504
Argument of periapsis: 55.57 deg
Mean anomaly: 0.5974 deg
Mean motion: 14.43249374 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001738 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00051946 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 10:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34387U 93036QC 25125.43355090 .00001738 00000-0 51946-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34387 74.0408 263.0094 0038504 55.5700 0.5974 14.43249374849889
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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