Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11817
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036ABP
Object number (NORAD): 34845
Object ID (CCSDS): 34845
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.605 minutes
Inclination: 74.0246 deg
SMA: 7117.836 km
Apoapsis: 754.093 km
Periapsis: 725.309 km
RAAN: 243.9018 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00202195
Argument of periapsis: 56.373 deg
Mean anomaly: 303.9354 deg
Mean motion: 14.45708765 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001799 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00051433979 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34845U 93036ABP 25295.53827009 .00001799 00000-0 51434-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34845 74.0246 243.9018 0020219 56.3730 303.9354 14.45708765867267
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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