Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11711
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036AFB
Object number (NORAD): 34972
Object ID (CCSDS): 34972
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.02 minutes
Inclination: 73.9895 deg
SMA: 7042.12 km
Apoapsis: 691.084 km
Periapsis: 636.886 km
RAAN: 355.393 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0038481
Argument of periapsis: 183.0165 deg
Mean anomaly: 240.4791 deg
Mean motion: 14.69087301 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000568 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00096088 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 7:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34972U 93036AFB 25189.79656544 .00005680 00000-0 96088-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 34972 73.9895 355.3930 0038481 183.0165 240.4791 14.69087301853433
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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