Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036JY
Object number (NORAD): 34061
Object ID (CCSDS): 34061
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.997 minutes
Inclination: 74.0373 deg
SMA: 7136.494 km
Apoapsis: 773.197 km
Periapsis: 743.52 km
RAAN: 84.1098 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00207921
Argument of periapsis: 190.7329 deg
Mean anomaly: 294.096 deg
Mean motion: 14.40042894 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001341 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00043257888 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34061U 93036JY 25248.94699804 .00001341 00000-0 43258-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34061 74.0373 84.1098 0020792 190.7329 294.0960 14.40042894867727
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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