Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11762
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036KB
Object number (NORAD): 34064
Object ID (CCSDS): 34064
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.875 minutes
Inclination: 74.0311 deg
SMA: 7130.677 km
Apoapsis: 769.014 km
Periapsis: 736.07 km
RAAN: 107.4285 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00231001
Argument of periapsis: 204.9028 deg
Mean anomaly: 223.9084 deg
Mean motion: 14.41805207 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001434 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044551391 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 5:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34064U 93036KB 25240.74343235 .00001434 00000-0 44551-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34064 74.0311 107.4285 0023100 204.9028 223.9084 14.41805207866148
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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