Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 98.716 minutes
Inclination: 74.1091 deg
SMA: 7075.4 km
Apoapsis: 724.939 km
Periapsis: 669.59 km
RAAN: 257.5435 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0039114
Argument of periapsis: 271.1364 deg
Mean anomaly: 210.4941 deg
Mean motion: 14.58734641 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005213 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011105 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 7:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34750U 93036ZU 25127.80763479 .00005213 00000-0 11105-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34750 74.1091 257.5435 0039114 271.1364 210.4941 14.58734641850362
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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