Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11870
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036RD
Object number (NORAD): 34412
Object ID (CCSDS): 34412
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.505 minutes
Inclination: 73.9482 deg
SMA: 7113.08 km
Apoapsis: 868.108 km
Periapsis: 601.783 km
RAAN: 321.6799 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01872081
Argument of periapsis: 56.3917 deg
Mean anomaly: 305.495 deg
Mean motion: 14.4715886 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007224 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015937107 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 14, 2025, 7:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34412U 93036RD 25348.29763431 .00007224 00000-0 15937-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34412 73.9482 321.6799 0187208 56.3917 305.4950 14.47158860876734
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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