Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
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: 1993-036HJ
Object number (NORAD): 34023
Object ID (CCSDS): 34023
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.984 minutes
Inclination: 74.0232 deg
SMA: 7135.851 km
Apoapsis: 771.312 km
Periapsis: 744.12 km
RAAN: 75.7131 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00190532
Argument of periapsis: 200.9328 deg
Mean anomaly: 336.3972 deg
Mean motion: 14.40237452 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001533 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049158447 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 7:20 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34023U 93036HJ 25247.30622808 .00001533 00000-0 49158-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34023 74.0232 75.7131 0019053 200.9328 336.3972 14.40237452867824
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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