Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11648
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 1993-036VD
Object number (NORAD): 34567
Object ID (CCSDS): 34567
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.14 minutes
Inclination: 74.042 deg
SMA: 7190.758 km
Apoapsis: 866.406 km
Periapsis: 758.839 km
RAAN: 194.1559 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0074795
Argument of periapsis: 320.3774 deg
Mean anomaly: 156.7232 deg
Mean motion: 14.23773097 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000494 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022087 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 9:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34567U 93036VD 25125.89790689 .00000494 00000-0 22087-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34567 74.0420 194.1559 0074795 320.3774 156.7232 14.23773097839814
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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