Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11763
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: 1993-036KC
Object number (NORAD): 34065
Object ID (CCSDS): 34065
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.146 minutes
Inclination: 74.0339 deg
SMA: 7143.575 km
Apoapsis: 777.718 km
Periapsis: 753.162 km
RAAN: 91.0668 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00171871
Argument of periapsis: 220.7206 deg
Mean anomaly: 251.6166 deg
Mean motion: 14.37902231 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000456 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015964702 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 11:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34065U 93036KC 25241.97863030 .00000456 00000-0 15965-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34065 74.0339 91.0668 0017187 220.7206 251.6166 14.37902231866996
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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