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
74.0
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: 1993-036AAM
Object number (NORAD): 34784
Object ID (CCSDS): 34784
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.624 minutes
Inclination: 74.0081 deg
SMA: 7071.033 km
Apoapsis: 729.38 km
Periapsis: 656.416 km
RAAN: 148.5781 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00515939
Argument of periapsis: 338.345 deg
Mean anomaly: 21.5532 deg
Mean motion: 14.60086016 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003075 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00063400394 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, 10:33 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34784U 93036AAM 25250.44000090 .00003075 00000-0 63400-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34784 74.0081 148.5781 0051594 338.3450 21.5532 14.60086016871299
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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