Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036QC
Object number (NORAD): 34387
Object ID (CCSDS): 34387
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.767 minutes
Inclination: 74.0402 deg
SMA: 7125.563 km
Apoapsis: 776.013 km
Periapsis: 718.844 km
RAAN: 148.028 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0040115
Argument of periapsis: 284.9876 deg
Mean anomaly: 227.6907 deg
Mean motion: 14.43357616 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000812 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024653 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, 8:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34387U 93036QC 25187.34895470 .00000812 00000-0 24653-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34387 74.0402 148.0280 0040115 284.9876 227.6907 14.43357616858815
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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