Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11651
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036ABC
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: 106.784 minutes
Inclination: 73.9291 deg
SMA: 7455.842 km
Apoapsis: 1417.469 km
Periapsis: 737.945 km
RAAN: 121.7507 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0455699
Argument of periapsis: 196.6475 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.9247 deg
Mean motion: 13.48520892 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002514 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.002149 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 9:56 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34813U 93036ABC 25129.41431373 .00002514 00000-0 21490-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34813 73.9291 121.7507 0455699 196.6475 161.9247 13.48520892787241
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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