Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11814
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1993-036JB
Object number (NORAD): 34040
Object ID (CCSDS): 34040
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.247 minutes
Inclination: 73.9555 deg
SMA: 7384.157 km
Apoapsis: 1259.386 km
Periapsis: 752.659 km
RAAN: 154.7304 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03431176
Argument of periapsis: 119.3311 deg
Mean anomaly: 244.2545 deg
Mean motion: 13.6820562 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000415 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0032442161 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 10:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34040U 93036JB 25292.95117322 .00004150 00000-0 32442-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34040 73.9555 154.7304 0343118 119.3311 244.2545 13.68205620828647
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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