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
74.0
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: 100.169 minutes
Inclination: 74.0371 deg
SMA: 7144.685 km
Apoapsis: 784.005 km
Periapsis: 749.096 km
RAAN: 235.6484 deg
Eccentricy: 0.002443
Argument of periapsis: 339.2038 deg
Mean anomaly: 145.8883 deg
Mean motion: 14.37567093 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000465 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001635 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 1:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34554U 93036UQ 25185.57032670 .00000465 00000-0 16350-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34554 74.0371 235.6484 0024430 339.2038 145.8883 14.37567093854399
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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