Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11708
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 1993-036ZE
Object number (NORAD): 34736
Object ID (CCSDS): 34736
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.767 minutes
Inclination: 74.013 deg
SMA: 6933.805 km
Apoapsis: 566.2 km
Periapsis: 545.139 km
RAAN: 10.8434 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015187
Argument of periapsis: 122.0985 deg
Mean anomaly: 309.7706 deg
Mean motion: 15.03645102 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00044498 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0032246 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 3:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34736U 93036ZE 25186.63822259 .00044498 00000-0 32246-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 34736 74.0130 10.8434 0015187 122.0985 309.7706 15.03645102860529
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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