Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036NX
Object number (NORAD): 34325
Object ID (CCSDS): 34325
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.603 minutes
Inclination: 73.8701 deg
SMA: 7259.958 km
Apoapsis: 1025.306 km
Periapsis: 738.341 km
RAAN: 112.4358 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0197635
Argument of periapsis: 160.3329 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.0983 deg
Mean motion: 14.03464936 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001014 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00055775 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34325U 93036NX 25187.89564512 .00001014 00000-0 55775-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34325 73.8701 112.4358 0197635 160.3329 267.0983 14.03464936833227
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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