Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11707
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036NA
Object number (NORAD): 34304
Object ID (CCSDS): 34304
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.27 minutes
Inclination: 74.0138 deg
SMA: 7149.462 km
Apoapsis: 865.94 km
Periapsis: 676.714 km
RAAN: 60.2211 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0132336
Argument of periapsis: 235.2518 deg
Mean anomaly: 251.5104 deg
Mean motion: 14.36126644 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001631 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00051562 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 2:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34304U 93036NA 25185.12197595 .00001631 00000-0 51562-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34304 74.0138 60.2211 0132336 235.2518 251.5104 14.36126644849753
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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