Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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: 1993-036MV
Object number (NORAD): 34299
Object ID (CCSDS): 34299
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.112 minutes
Inclination: 74.0 deg
SMA: 6902.163 km
Apoapsis: 581.758 km
Periapsis: 466.298 km
RAAN: 314.7966 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0083641
Argument of periapsis: 84.7399 deg
Mean anomaly: 276.3332 deg
Mean motion: 15.13996748 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00055638 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0027901 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, 9:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34299U 93036MV 25187.38646160 .00055638 00000-0 27901-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34299 74.0000 314.7966 0083641 84.7399 276.3332 15.13996748865736
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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