Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036AFN
Object number (NORAD): 34990
Object ID (CCSDS): 34990
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.873 minutes
Inclination: 74.0436 deg
SMA: 7130.577 km
Apoapsis: 764.806 km
Periapsis: 740.078 km
RAAN: 209.8701 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001734
Argument of periapsis: 316.9888 deg
Mean anomaly: 42.9911 deg
Mean motion: 14.41835643 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000615 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001959 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 24, 2025, 2:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 23, 2025, 7:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34990U 93036AFN 25174.82413450 .00000615 00000-0 19590-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 34990 74.0436 209.8701 0017340 316.9888 42.9911 14.41835643848685
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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