Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11772
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: 1993-036ABA
Object number (NORAD): 34797
Object ID (CCSDS): 34797
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.912 minutes
Inclination: 73.977 deg
SMA: 7132.457 km
Apoapsis: 806.489 km
Periapsis: 702.154 km
RAAN: 278.486 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00731408
Argument of periapsis: 49.5115 deg
Mean anomaly: 311.2383 deg
Mean motion: 14.41265702 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004723 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014227307 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, 6:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34797U 93036ABA 25250.78855171 .00004723 00000-0 14227-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 34797 73.9770 278.4860 0073141 49.5115 311.2383 14.41265702860323
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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