Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
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: 1993-036WL
Object number (NORAD): 34615
Object ID (CCSDS): 34615
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.513 minutes
Inclination: 74.0038 deg
SMA: 7443.244 km
Apoapsis: 1361.932 km
Periapsis: 768.286 km
RAAN: 189.5554 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0398782
Argument of periapsis: 129.364 deg
Mean anomaly: 19.5373 deg
Mean motion: 13.51946161 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000432 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0004168 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, 10:33 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34615U 93036WL 25187.43961510 .00000432 00000-0 41680-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34615 74.0038 189.5554 0398782 129.3640 19.5373 13.51946161806629
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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