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
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: 1993-036PU
Object number (NORAD): 34346
Object ID (CCSDS): 34346
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.938 minutes
Inclination: 73.9934 deg
SMA: 7275.727 km
Apoapsis: 1049.427 km
Periapsis: 745.758 km
RAAN: 228.9169 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0208686
Argument of periapsis: 81.1456 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.0701 deg
Mean motion: 13.98904723 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001215 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007116 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34346U 93036PU 25187.17798907 .00001215 00000-0 71160-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34346 73.9934 228.9169 0208686 81.1456 347.0701 13.98904723831784
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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