Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11817
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1993-036SB
Object number (NORAD): 34434
Object ID (CCSDS): 34434
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.689 minutes
Inclination: 74.0616 deg
SMA: 7311.071 km
Apoapsis: 1137.278 km
Periapsis: 728.595 km
RAAN: 98.2133 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0279496
Argument of periapsis: 246.2315 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.1491 deg
Mean motion: 13.88772967 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008713 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0052936 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 9:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34434U 93036SB 25294.91114334 .00008713 00000-0 52936-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34434 74.0616 98.2133 0279496 246.2315 269.1491 13.88772967832463
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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