Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 1993-036ABW
Object number (NORAD): 34852
Object ID (CCSDS): 34852
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.219 minutes
Inclination: 74.0308 deg
SMA: 7147.039 km
Apoapsis: 781.075 km
Periapsis: 756.732 km
RAAN: 197.8134 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001703
Argument of periapsis: 340.0933 deg
Mean anomaly: 19.9553 deg
Mean motion: 14.36857028 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000228 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000085774 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34852U 93036ABW 25186.40335060 .00000228 00000-0 85774-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34852 74.0308 197.8134 0017030 340.0933 19.9553 14.36857028852317
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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