Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11809
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: 102.566 minutes
Inclination: 73.8713 deg
SMA: 7258.221 km
Apoapsis: 1023.323 km
Periapsis: 736.848 km
RAAN: 296.6031 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01973448
Argument of periapsis: 324.1716 deg
Mean anomaly: 88.9296 deg
Mean motion: 14.0396896 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000359 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001924432 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 15, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 14, 2025, 7:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34325U 93036NX 25287.81223740 .00003590 00000-0 19244-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34325 73.8713 296.6031 0197345 324.1716 88.9296 14.03968960846880
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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