Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11655
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036UQ
Object number (NORAD): 34554
Object ID (CCSDS): 34554
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.174 minutes
Inclination: 74.0385 deg
SMA: 7144.932 km
Apoapsis: 783.529 km
Periapsis: 750.064 km
RAAN: 333.1244 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023419
Argument of periapsis: 92.9274 deg
Mean anomaly: 324.4966 deg
Mean motion: 14.37492681 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000896 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030703 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 2:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34554U 93036UQ 25132.59805822 .00000896 00000-0 30703-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34554 74.0385 333.1244 0023419 92.9274 324.4966 14.37492681846784
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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