Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11652
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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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: 1993-036RZ
Object number (NORAD): 34432
Object ID (CCSDS): 34432
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.693 minutes
Inclination: 73.8264 deg
SMA: 7264.206 km
Apoapsis: 1021.533 km
Periapsis: 750.609 km
RAAN: 123.2372 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0186479
Argument of periapsis: 244.205 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.0108 deg
Mean motion: 14.02234065 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001264 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072344 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 9:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34432U 93036RZ 25130.39958501 .00001264 00000-0 72344-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34432 73.8264 123.2372 0186479 244.2050 269.0108 14.02234065826515
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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