Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11708
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036AAF
Object number (NORAD): 34761
Object ID (CCSDS): 34761
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.185 minutes
Inclination: 74.029 deg
SMA: 7145.426 km
Apoapsis: 795.156 km
Periapsis: 739.425 km
RAAN: 299.9873 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0038998
Argument of periapsis: 16.6655 deg
Mean anomaly: 343.577 deg
Mean motion: 14.37343583 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001037 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035321 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 8:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34761U 93036AAF 25185.35732208 .00001037 00000-0 35321-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 34761 74.0290 299.9873 0038998 16.6655 343.5770 14.37343583853307
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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