Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 98.684 minutes
Inclination: 74.1084 deg
SMA: 7073.866 km
Apoapsis: 723.01 km
Periapsis: 668.452 km
RAAN: 143.6554 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0038563
Argument of periapsis: 142.9936 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.3991 deg
Mean motion: 14.59209186 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003448 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072939 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34750U 93036ZU 25187.85618355 .00003448 00000-0 72939-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34750 74.1084 143.6554 0038563 142.9936 246.3991 14.59209186859968
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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