Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036RA
Object number (NORAD): 34409
Object ID (CCSDS): 34409
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.791 minutes
Inclination: 74.0624 deg
SMA: 7079.014 km
Apoapsis: 758.377 km
Periapsis: 643.381 km
RAAN: 248.9052 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0081223
Argument of periapsis: 4.7875 deg
Mean anomaly: 121.7158 deg
Mean motion: 14.57617701 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000445 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010009 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34409U 93036RA 25187.62984076 .00000445 00000-0 10009-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34409 74.0624 248.9052 0081223 4.7875 121.7158 14.57617701868749
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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