Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 1993-036LU
Object number (NORAD): 34274
Object ID (CCSDS): 34274
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.464 minutes
Inclination: 74.0055 deg
SMA: 7063.363 km
Apoapsis: 702.372 km
Periapsis: 668.084 km
RAAN: 14.4732 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0024272
Argument of periapsis: 193.9365 deg
Mean anomaly: 230.9963 deg
Mean motion: 14.62464992 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003722 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00073733 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, 2:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34274U 93036LU 25187.61602141 .00003722 00000-0 73733-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34274 74.0055 14.4732 0024272 193.9365 230.9963 14.62464992863485
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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