Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11609
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036AEB
Object number (NORAD): 34948
Object ID (CCSDS): 34948
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: March 29, 2025
Period: 92.007 minutes
Inclination: 73.9718 deg
SMA: 6751.105 km
Apoapsis: 392.087 km
Periapsis: 353.853 km
RAAN: 207.2955 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0028317
Argument of periapsis: 333.6507 deg
Mean anomaly: 26.3271 deg
Mean motion: 15.6509427 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.02517199 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.021995 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: March 24, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: March 23, 2025, 6:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34948U 93036AEB 25082.77912704 .02517199 00000-0 21995-1 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34948 73.9718 207.2955 0028317 333.6507 26.3271 15.65094270841286
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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