Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11711
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.7
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: 1993-036RB
Object number (NORAD): 34410
Object ID (CCSDS): 34410
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.673 minutes
Inclination: 73.7495 deg
SMA: 6929.242 km
Apoapsis: 571.543 km
Periapsis: 530.671 km
RAAN: 233.6555 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029492
Argument of periapsis: 95.4392 deg
Mean anomaly: 77.4942 deg
Mean motion: 15.05130538 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00014423 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010039 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, 9:23 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34410U 93036RB 25188.89101535 .00014423 00000-0 10039-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34410 73.7495 233.6555 0029492 95.4392 77.4942 15.05130538873907
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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