Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
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: 102.966 minutes
Inclination: 73.994 deg
SMA: 7277.048 km
Apoapsis: 1032.205 km
Periapsis: 765.622 km
RAAN: 24.0965 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01831668
Argument of periapsis: 233.2338 deg
Mean anomaly: 245.0674 deg
Mean motion: 13.98523808 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000991 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00061476649 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 7:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34120U 93036KR 25249.80994014 .00000991 00000-0 61477-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34120 73.9940 24.0965 0183167 233.2338 245.0674 13.98523808846250
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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