Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11831
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 16.1
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: 1993-036AEM
Object number (NORAD): 34958
Object ID (CCSDS): 34958
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Nov. 6, 2025
Period: 89.625 minutes
Inclination: 73.9731 deg
SMA: 6634.071 km
Apoapsis: 259.291 km
Periapsis: 252.581 km
RAAN: 37.1674 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00050573
Argument of periapsis: 15.6253 deg
Mean anomaly: 344.5144 deg
Mean motion: 16.06691736 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.01835994 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0025177022 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 4, 2025, 4:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 2, 2025, 11:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34958U 93036AEM 25306.96866898 .01835994 25125-2 25177-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34958 73.9731 37.1674 0005057 15.6253 344.5144 16.06691736896753
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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