Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036UW
Object number (NORAD): 34560
Object ID (CCSDS): 34560
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.1 minutes
Inclination: 74.0188 deg
SMA: 7045.931 km
Apoapsis: 682.448 km
Periapsis: 653.145 km
RAAN: 91.6987 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020794
Argument of periapsis: 210.8519 deg
Mean anomaly: 300.051 deg
Mean motion: 14.6789557 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010521 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, 3:50 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34560U 93036UW 25187.15993215 .00006009 00000-0 10521-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34560 74.0188 91.6987 0020794 210.8519 300.0510 14.67895570859076
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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