Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11773
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.4
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: 1993-036ACR
Object number (NORAD): 34878
Object ID (CCSDS): 34878
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.14 minutes
Inclination: 73.9638 deg
SMA: 7472.407 km
Apoapsis: 1420.766 km
Periapsis: 767.778 km
RAAN: 198.2693 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04369323
Argument of periapsis: 200.6744 deg
Mean anomaly: 278.0512 deg
Mean motion: 13.44039355 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000439 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044794356 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34878U 93036ACR 25251.57973677 .00000439 00000-0 44794-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34878 73.9638 198.2693 0436932 200.6744 278.0512 13.44039355799946
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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