Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11874
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: 105.47 minutes
Inclination: 73.7668 deg
SMA: 7394.573 km
Apoapsis: 1275.367 km
Periapsis: 757.51 km
RAAN: 329.0456 deg
Eccentricy: 0.035016
Argument of periapsis: 198.3141 deg
Mean anomaly: 336.8728 deg
Mean motion: 13.65315727 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000519 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00043861076 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 2:19 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 17, 2025, 4:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34026U 93036HM 25351.69464159 .00000519 00000-0 43861-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34026 73.7668 329.0456 0350160 198.3141 336.8728 13.65315727835996
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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