Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036KM
Object number (NORAD): 34116
Object ID (CCSDS): 34116
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.192 minutes
Inclination: 74.0415 deg
SMA: 7098.118 km
Apoapsis: 729.876 km
Periapsis: 710.09 km
RAAN: 123.2529 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013937
Argument of periapsis: 240.6815 deg
Mean anomaly: 281.3693 deg
Mean motion: 14.51737004 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002155 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00054263 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 6:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34116U 93036KM 25187.25712816 .00002155 00000-0 54263-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34116 74.0415 123.2529 0013937 240.6815 281.3693 14.51737004861718
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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