Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11826
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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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: 1993-036XN
Object number (NORAD): 34641
Object ID (CCSDS): 34641
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.205 minutes
Inclination: 73.8377 deg
SMA: 7098.774 km
Apoapsis: 732.326 km
Periapsis: 708.952 km
RAAN: 163.8426 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00164631
Argument of periapsis: 94.4375 deg
Mean anomaly: 296.7589 deg
Mean motion: 14.51535812 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003346 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00084194419 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 2:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34641U 93036XN 25303.61228299 .00003346 00000-0 84194-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34641 73.8377 163.8426 0016463 94.4375 296.7589 14.51535812876302
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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