Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036SX
Object number (NORAD): 34454
Object ID (CCSDS): 34454
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.103 minutes
Inclination: 74.0568 deg
SMA: 7141.541 km
Apoapsis: 789.617 km
Periapsis: 737.196 km
RAAN: 210.8815 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0036701
Argument of periapsis: 314.3937 deg
Mean anomaly: 45.4213 deg
Mean motion: 14.38516428 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000395 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001368 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 11:13 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34454U 93036SX 25187.46750063 .00000395 00000-0 13680-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34454 74.0568 210.8815 0036701 314.3937 45.4213 14.38516428857779
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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