Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 98.108 minutes
Inclination: 74.0331 deg
SMA: 7046.323 km
Apoapsis: 744.077 km
Periapsis: 592.3 km
RAAN: 49.1103 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0107699
Argument of periapsis: 210.4941 deg
Mean anomaly: 164.715 deg
Mean motion: 14.67773028 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000526 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000090432 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, 9:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34420U 93036RM 25188.90551757 .00000526 00000-0 90432-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34420 74.0331 49.1103 0107699 210.4941 164.7150 14.67773028874541
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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