Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11772
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036ZU
Object number (NORAD): 34750
Object ID (CCSDS): 34750
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.642 minutes
Inclination: 74.1104 deg
SMA: 7071.896 km
Apoapsis: 721.852 km
Periapsis: 665.669 km
RAAN: 24.9912 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00397225
Argument of periapsis: 4.2478 deg
Mean anomaly: 26.3842 deg
Mean motion: 14.59818933 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006781 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001407881 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 8:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34750U 93036ZU 25250.37052030 .00006781 00000-0 14079-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34750 74.1104 24.9912 0039722 4.2478 26.3842 14.59818933868247
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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