Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
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: 102.53 minutes
Inclination: 73.8711 deg
SMA: 7256.498 km
Apoapsis: 1017.89 km
Periapsis: 738.837 km
RAAN: 193.5358 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01922779
Argument of periapsis: 210.9368 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.6615 deg
Mean motion: 14.04468864 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004879 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026068565 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34325U 93036NX 25346.32620816 .00004879 00000-0 26069-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34325 73.8711 193.5358 0192278 210.9368 327.6615 14.04468864855090
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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