Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11712
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: 1993-036GZ
Object number (NORAD): 34014
Object ID (CCSDS): 34014
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.908 minutes
Inclination: 74.0162 deg
SMA: 7036.741 km
Apoapsis: 687.113 km
Periapsis: 630.1 km
RAAN: 226.1187 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0040511
Argument of periapsis: 43.1859 deg
Mean anomaly: 135.1353 deg
Mean motion: 14.70772122 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002497 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00040924 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, 8:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34014U 93036GZ 25189.85628481 .00002497 00000-0 40924-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34014 74.0162 226.1187 0040511 43.1859 135.1353 14.70772122869953
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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