Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11764
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036JM
Object number (NORAD): 34050
Object ID (CCSDS): 34050
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.165 minutes
Inclination: 74.0883 deg
SMA: 7286.438 km
Apoapsis: 1067.902 km
Periapsis: 748.704 km
RAAN: 188.1912 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02190357
Argument of periapsis: 277.7511 deg
Mean anomaly: 147.3335 deg
Mean motion: 13.95821528 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001573 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00095704358 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 8:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34050U 93036JM 25242.85892959 .00001573 00000-0 95704-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34050 74.0883 188.1912 0219036 277.7511 147.3335 13.95821528839825
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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