Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11763
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: 1993-036ACY
Object number (NORAD): 34885
Object ID (CCSDS): 34885
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.266 minutes
Inclination: 74.0341 deg
SMA: 7101.668 km
Apoapsis: 734.137 km
Periapsis: 712.929 km
RAAN: 20.417 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00149315
Argument of periapsis: 131.963 deg
Mean anomaly: 343.2571 deg
Mean motion: 14.50648675 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004179 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010693309 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 7:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34885U 93036ACY 25241.82800315 .00004179 00000-0 10693-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34885 74.0341 20.4170 0014932 131.9630 343.2571 14.50648675859570
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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