Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
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: 1993-036WF
Object number (NORAD): 34610
Object ID (CCSDS): 34610
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.447 minutes
Inclination: 74.018 deg
SMA: 7252.597 km
Apoapsis: 1009.785 km
Periapsis: 739.138 km
RAAN: 279.8782 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0186586
Argument of periapsis: 99.7822 deg
Mean anomaly: 262.444 deg
Mean motion: 14.05602372 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003635 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001921 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 3:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34610U 93036WF 25131.14228288 .00003635 00000-0 19210-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34610 74.0180 279.8782 0186586 99.7822 262.4440 14.05602372825298
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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