Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11647
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036ADV
Object number (NORAD): 34924
Object ID (CCSDS): 34924
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.771 minutes
Inclination: 74.0402 deg
SMA: 7078.055 km
Apoapsis: 742.797 km
Periapsis: 657.043 km
RAAN: 150.0423 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0060577
Argument of periapsis: 289.4517 deg
Mean anomaly: 129.5304 deg
Mean motion: 14.5791381 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004107 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0008793 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34924U 93036ADV 25125.84047265 .00004107 00000-0 87930-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34924 74.0402 150.0423 0060577 289.4517 129.5304 14.57913810845029
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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