Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 99.282 minutes
Inclination: 74.0313 deg
SMA: 7102.427 km
Apoapsis: 736.264 km
Periapsis: 712.32 km
RAAN: 123.1051 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0016856
Argument of periapsis: 248.2482 deg
Mean anomaly: 228.0239 deg
Mean motion: 14.50416067 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001775 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00046064 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34885U 93036ACY 25187.20484885 .00001775 00000-0 46064-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34885 74.0313 123.1051 0016856 248.2482 228.0239 14.50416067851652
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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