Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036JG
Object number (NORAD): 34045
Object ID (CCSDS): 34045
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.414 minutes
Inclination: 74.0392 deg
SMA: 7156.301 km
Apoapsis: 796.513 km
Periapsis: 759.819 km
RAAN: 311.7069 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00256382
Argument of periapsis: 35.2917 deg
Mean anomaly: 73.4125 deg
Mean motion: 14.34068398 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000418 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015833064 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34045U 93036JG 25346.26130285 .00000418 00000-0 15833-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 34045 74.0392 311.7069 0025638 35.2917 73.4125 14.34068398880263
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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