Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
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: 94.634 minutes
Inclination: 73.9974 deg
SMA: 6878.981 km
Apoapsis: 548.936 km
Periapsis: 452.756 km
RAAN: 189.565 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00699093
Argument of periapsis: 296.665 deg
Mean anomaly: 62.74 deg
Mean motion: 15.21656397 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00123573 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0050333984 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 6:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34299U 93036MV 25247.26710890 .00123573 00000-0 50334-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34299 73.9974 189.5650 0069909 296.6650 62.7400 15.21656397874811
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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