Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11651
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: 98.798 minutes
Inclination: 74.0645 deg
SMA: 7079.328 km
Apoapsis: 758.371 km
Periapsis: 644.015 km
RAAN: 0.6888 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0080768
Argument of periapsis: 133.4053 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.6109 deg
Mean motion: 14.57520614 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001127 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024337 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 5:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34409U 93036RA 25128.72947187 .00001127 00000-0 24337-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34409 74.0645 0.6888 0080768 133.4053 293.6109 14.57520614860162
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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