Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036UP
Object number (NORAD): 34553
Object ID (CCSDS): 34553
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.924 minutes
Inclination: 74.0255 deg
SMA: 7085.337 km
Apoapsis: 723.313 km
Periapsis: 691.092 km
RAAN: 134.5763 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022738
Argument of periapsis: 251.5178 deg
Mean anomaly: 265.2688 deg
Mean motion: 14.55666758 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003115 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00071697 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, 7:59 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34553U 93036UP 25187.33272731 .00003115 00000-0 71697-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34553 74.0255 134.5763 0022738 251.5178 265.2688 14.55666758857757
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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