Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
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: 100.135 minutes
Inclination: 74.0357 deg
SMA: 7143.038 km
Apoapsis: 776.635 km
Periapsis: 753.172 km
RAAN: 256.6685 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00164238
Argument of periapsis: 354.0715 deg
Mean anomaly: 180.0034 deg
Mean motion: 14.38064281 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000778 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026513124 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 12:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34065U 93036KC 25347.52821013 .00000778 00000-0 26513-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34065 74.0357 256.6685 0016424 354.0715 180.0034 14.38064281882164
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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