Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11768
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036HS
Object number (NORAD): 34031
Object ID (CCSDS): 34031
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.749 minutes
Inclination: 74.0163 deg
SMA: 7076.975 km
Apoapsis: 714.701 km
Periapsis: 682.979 km
RAAN: 327.4135 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00224125
Argument of periapsis: 108.0197 deg
Mean anomaly: 282.4836 deg
Mean motion: 14.58247648 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011049 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023860454 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 5:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34031U 93036HS 25246.24008412 .00011049 00000-0 23860-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34031 74.0163 327.4135 0022412 108.0197 282.4836 14.58247648871004
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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