Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11654
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: 96.038 minutes
Inclination: 74.0124 deg
SMA: 6946.881 km
Apoapsis: 579.572 km
Periapsis: 557.92 km
RAAN: 121.4641 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015584
Argument of periapsis: 248.7829 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.7102 deg
Mean motion: 14.99401463 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00048766 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0039475 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 10:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34736U 93036ZE 25132.42222991 .00048766 00000-0 39475-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34736 74.0124 121.4641 0015584 248.7829 267.7102 14.99401463852062
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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