Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
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: 98.159 minutes
Inclination: 74.0198 deg
SMA: 7048.78 km
Apoapsis: 685.27 km
Periapsis: 656.02 km
RAAN: 206.7538 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020748
Argument of periapsis: 340.647 deg
Mean anomaly: 139.5438 deg
Mean motion: 14.67005814 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008839 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015755 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 3:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34560U 93036UW 25127.63969414 .00008839 00000-0 15755-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 34560 74.0198 206.7538 0020748 340.6470 139.5438 14.67005814850344
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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