Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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: 1993-036SW
Object number (NORAD): 34453
Object ID (CCSDS): 34453
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.604 minutes
Inclination: 74.1456 deg
SMA: 6925.924 km
Apoapsis: 554.795 km
Periapsis: 540.784 km
RAAN: 69.8366 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010115
Argument of periapsis: 286.0077 deg
Mean anomaly: 73.9999 deg
Mean motion: 15.06212141 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00036233 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0024584 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, 10:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34453U 93036SW 25188.95249582 .00036233 00000-0 24584-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 34453 74.1456 69.8366 0010115 286.0077 73.9999 15.06212141864641
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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