Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11765
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: 1993-036ABQ
Object number (NORAD): 34846
Object ID (CCSDS): 34846
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.565 minutes
Inclination: 74.0296 deg
SMA: 7115.928 km
Apoapsis: 757.157 km
Periapsis: 718.429 km
RAAN: 96.0899 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00272121
Argument of periapsis: 192.278 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.7719 deg
Mean motion: 14.46290127 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000303 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00084876726 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 6:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34846U 93036ABQ 25242.75337099 .00003030 00000-0 84877-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34846 74.0296 96.0899 0027212 192.2780 167.7719 14.46290127859005
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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