Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
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: 99.987 minutes
Inclination: 73.9768 deg
SMA: 7136.031 km
Apoapsis: 815.736 km
Periapsis: 700.055 km
RAAN: 142.6721 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0081054
Argument of periapsis: 303.2389 deg
Mean anomaly: 56.1015 deg
Mean motion: 14.40183107 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002124 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00065478 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 12:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34797U 93036ABA 25130.03110738 .00002124 00000-0 65478-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34797 73.9768 142.6721 0081054 303.2389 56.1015 14.40183107842934
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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