Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11815
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036ZZ
Object number (NORAD): 34755
Object ID (CCSDS): 34755
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.638 minutes
Inclination: 73.9266 deg
SMA: 7449.073 km
Apoapsis: 1373.835 km
Periapsis: 768.041 km
RAAN: 15.282 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04066234
Argument of periapsis: 44.9529 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.9509 deg
Mean motion: 13.5035953 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000958 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00091359359 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 4:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34755U 93036ZZ 25293.68419953 .00000958 00000-0 91359-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34755 73.9266 15.2820 0406623 44.9529 104.9509 13.50359530818077
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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