Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036RM
Object number (NORAD): 34420
Object ID (CCSDS): 34420
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.115 minutes
Inclination: 74.0322 deg
SMA: 7046.646 km
Apoapsis: 744.376 km
Periapsis: 592.647 km
RAAN: 166.987 deg
Eccentricy: 0.010766
Argument of periapsis: 342.8733 deg
Mean anomaly: 78.3607 deg
Mean motion: 14.67672121 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016741 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 9:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34420U 93036RM 25127.91047810 .00001003 00000-0 16741-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34420 74.0322 166.9870 0107660 342.8733 78.3607 14.67672121865591
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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