Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11648
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: 1993-036YQ
Object number (NORAD): 34722
Object ID (CCSDS): 34722
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.026 minutes
Inclination: 73.8883 deg
SMA: 7232.7 km
Apoapsis: 974.013 km
Periapsis: 735.116 km
RAAN: 13.4345 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0165151
Argument of periapsis: 340.6703 deg
Mean anomaly: 81.1767 deg
Mean motion: 14.11406506 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000216 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010621 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 4, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 3, 2025, 5:23 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34722U 93036YQ 25123.72435080 .00002160 00000-0 10621-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34722 73.8883 13.4345 0165151 340.6703 81.1767 14.11406506830985
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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