Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11813
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: 99.24 minutes
Inclination: 74.0303 deg
SMA: 7100.439 km
Apoapsis: 732.611 km
Periapsis: 711.996 km
RAAN: 286.1595 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00145167
Argument of periapsis: 15.8481 deg
Mean anomaly: 25.3068 deg
Mean motion: 14.51025358 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005496 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013927589 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 10:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34885U 93036ACY 25291.94329998 .00005496 00000-0 13928-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 34885 74.0303 286.1595 0014517 15.8481 25.3068 14.51025358866848
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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