Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11821
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036GN
Object number (NORAD): 34003
Object ID (CCSDS): 34003
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.055 minutes
Inclination: 74.0798 deg
SMA: 7328.295 km
Apoapsis: 1151.448 km
Periapsis: 748.872 km
RAAN: 4.9415 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02746719
Argument of periapsis: 128.5287 deg
Mean anomaly: 234.0811 deg
Mean motion: 13.83879674 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002076 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014120994 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 26, 2025, 7:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34003U 93036GN 25299.31535272 .00002076 00000-0 14121-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34003 74.0798 4.9415 0274672 128.5287 234.0811 13.83879674837699
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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