Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11651
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1993-036TC
Object number (NORAD): 34459
Object ID (CCSDS): 34459
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.847 minutes
Inclination: 74.0778 deg
SMA: 7271.44 km
Apoapsis: 1033.285 km
Periapsis: 753.326 km
RAAN: 271.1932 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0192506
Argument of periapsis: 33.8383 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.486 deg
Mean motion: 14.0014209 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000609 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00036517 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 10:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34459U 93036TC 25128.45378233 .00000609 00000-0 36517-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34459 74.0778 271.1932 0192506 33.8383 327.4860 14.00142090826654
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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