Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11772
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.7
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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: 1993-036RB
Object number (NORAD): 34410
Object ID (CCSDS): 34410
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.46 minutes
Inclination: 73.748 deg
SMA: 6918.974 km
Apoapsis: 559.629 km
Periapsis: 522.049 km
RAAN: 104.1518 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027157
Argument of periapsis: 312.2901 deg
Mean anomaly: 60.8572 deg
Mean motion: 15.08482214 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00024321 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015441921 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34410U 93036RB 25250.88208352 .00024321 00000-0 15442-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34410 73.7480 104.1518 0027157 312.2901 60.8572 15.08482214883241
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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