Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11820
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: 1993-036HK
Object number (NORAD): 34024
Object ID (CCSDS): 34024
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.326 minutes
Inclination: 74.0478 deg
SMA: 7152.138 km
Apoapsis: 788.48 km
Periapsis: 759.525 km
RAAN: 43.9854 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020242
Argument of periapsis: 111.2631 deg
Mean anomaly: 1.2599 deg
Mean motion: 14.35320705 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000073 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026311544 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 5:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34024U 93036HK 25298.72791066 .00000730 00000-0 26312-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34024 74.0478 43.9854 0020242 111.2631 1.2599 14.35320705873355
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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