Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11731
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 16.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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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: 1993-036AAR
Object number (NORAD): 34788
Object ID (CCSDS): 34788
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: July 29, 2025
Period: 89.246 minutes
Inclination: 73.9326 deg
SMA: 6615.336 km
Apoapsis: 243.945 km
Periapsis: 230.456 km
RAAN: 229.998 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010195
Argument of periapsis: 294.017 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.0007 deg
Mean motion: 16.13522167 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.01987987 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017833 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 28, 2025, 5:37 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 28, 2025, 10:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34788U 93036AAR 25209.45506881 .01987987 38911-2 17833-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34788 73.9326 229.9980 0010195 294.0170 66.0007 16.13522167893902
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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