Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036LQ
Object number (NORAD): 34270
Object ID (CCSDS): 34270
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.346 minutes
Inclination: 74.0125 deg
SMA: 7057.721 km
Apoapsis: 715.853 km
Periapsis: 643.318 km
RAAN: 135.1993 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0051387
Argument of periapsis: 310.4554 deg
Mean anomaly: 49.2138 deg
Mean motion: 14.64219082 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004814 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00090204602 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34270U 93036LQ 25248.81022422 .00004814 00000-0 90205-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34270 74.0125 135.1993 0051387 310.4554 49.2138 14.64219082876627
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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