Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11813
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036GP
Object number (NORAD): 34004
Object ID (CCSDS): 34004
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.428 minutes
Inclination: 74.0357 deg
SMA: 7109.415 km
Apoapsis: 753.974 km
Periapsis: 708.585 km
RAAN: 55.8714 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00319214
Argument of periapsis: 85.6372 deg
Mean anomaly: 274.8434 deg
Mean motion: 14.48278183 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00010113 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026931332 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 9:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34004U 93036GP 25291.90040877 .00010113 00000-0 26931-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34004 74.0357 55.8714 0031921 85.6372 274.8434 14.48278183872360
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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