Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
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: 1993-036ABH
Object number (NORAD): 34818
Object ID (CCSDS): 34818
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.235 minutes
Inclination: 74.0359 deg
SMA: 7147.827 km
Apoapsis: 787.231 km
Periapsis: 752.153 km
RAAN: 339.2159 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0024538
Argument of periapsis: 113.0386 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.8517 deg
Mean motion: 14.3661939 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000751 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026307 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 9:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34818U 93036ABH 25127.88978454 .00000751 00000-0 26307-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34818 74.0359 339.2159 0024538 113.0386 263.8517 14.36619390842435
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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