Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1993-036KR
Object number (NORAD): 34120
Object ID (CCSDS): 34120
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.97 minutes
Inclination: 73.992 deg
SMA: 7277.256 km
Apoapsis: 1032.304 km
Periapsis: 765.939 km
RAAN: 131.265 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0183012
Argument of periapsis: 353.376 deg
Mean anomaly: 85.3331 deg
Mean motion: 13.98463851 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000449 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028673 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34120U 93036KR 25187.92569279 .00000449 00000-0 28673-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34120 73.9920 131.2650 0183012 353.3760 85.3331 13.98463851837753
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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