Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11774
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
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: 1993-036ABC
Object number (NORAD): 34813
Object ID (CCSDS): 34813
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.738 minutes
Inclination: 73.9322 deg
SMA: 7453.696 km
Apoapsis: 1416.676 km
Periapsis: 734.447 km
RAAN: 297.7746 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04576444
Argument of periapsis: 350.3251 deg
Mean anomaly: 8.9254 deg
Mean motion: 13.49103311 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003459 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0029003851 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 10:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 3:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34813U 93036ABC 25244.14525243 .00003459 00000-0 29004-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 34813 73.9322 297.7746 0457644 350.3251 8.9254 13.49103311802710
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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