Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11714
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: 106.748 minutes
Inclination: 73.9323 deg
SMA: 7454.175 km
Apoapsis: 1420.9 km
Periapsis: 731.18 km
RAAN: 22.1084 deg
Eccentricy: 0.046264
Argument of periapsis: 84.9098 deg
Mean anomaly: 280.4626 deg
Mean motion: 13.48973273 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002497 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020708 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 10, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 10, 2025, 1:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34813U 93036ABC 25191.57111193 .00002497 00000-0 20708-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34813 73.9323 22.1084 0462640 84.9098 280.4626 13.48973273795876
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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