Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11652
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036WK
Object number (NORAD): 34614
Object ID (CCSDS): 34614
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.859 minutes
Inclination: 73.8757 deg
SMA: 7224.831 km
Apoapsis: 995.001 km
Periapsis: 698.392 km
RAAN: 10.9917 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0205271
Argument of periapsis: 51.9677 deg
Mean anomaly: 70.1312 deg
Mean motion: 14.13712775 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00010056 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0043556 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 7:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34614U 93036WK 25130.82433475 .00010056 00000-0 43556-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34614 73.8757 10.9917 0205271 51.9677 70.1312 14.13712775817127
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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