Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11773
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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: 1993-036HM
Object number (NORAD): 34026
Object ID (CCSDS): 34026
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.495 minutes
Inclination: 73.7673 deg
SMA: 7395.713 km
Apoapsis: 1275.846 km
Periapsis: 759.311 km
RAAN: 135.7005 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03492123
Argument of periapsis: 19.6951 deg
Mean anomaly: 151.3137 deg
Mean motion: 13.65000059 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001369 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011349085 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 10:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34026U 93036HM 25251.44775186 .00001369 00000-0 11349-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34026 73.7673 135.7005 0349212 19.6951 151.3137 13.65000059822319
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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