Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11707
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: 1993-036KB
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: 99.884 minutes
Inclination: 74.0303 deg
SMA: 7131.137 km
Apoapsis: 770.161 km
Periapsis: 735.844 km
RAAN: 209.7616 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0024061
Argument of periapsis: 317.7252 deg
Mean anomaly: 194.5709 deg
Mean motion: 14.41665703 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000893 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028118 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 12:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34064U 93036KB 25185.52595301 .00000893 00000-0 28118-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34064 74.0303 209.7616 0024061 317.7252 194.5709 14.41665703858189
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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