Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
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: 102.88 minutes
Inclination: 73.9954 deg
SMA: 7273.011 km
Apoapsis: 1044.857 km
Periapsis: 744.896 km
RAAN: 313.5919 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0206215
Argument of periapsis: 132.6799 deg
Mean anomaly: 286.03 deg
Mean motion: 13.99688406 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002514 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014434 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 11:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34346U 93036PU 25345.96415485 .00002514 00000-0 14434-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34346 73.9954 313.5919 0206215 132.6799 286.0300 13.99688406853990
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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