Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11647
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: 1993-036TT
Object number (NORAD): 34474
Object ID (CCSDS): 34474
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.5 minutes
Inclination: 74.0786 deg
SMA: 7255.105 km
Apoapsis: 1028.992 km
Periapsis: 724.948 km
RAAN: 352.6264 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0209538
Argument of periapsis: 121.4172 deg
Mean anomaly: 27.762 deg
Mean motion: 14.04873393 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004838 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0024845 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 1:36 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34474U 93036TT 25125.06703321 .00004838 00000-0 24845-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34474 74.0786 352.6264 0209538 121.4172 27.7620 14.04873393823941
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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