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
74.1
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: 1993-036TC
Object number (NORAD): 34459
Object ID (CCSDS): 34459
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.82 minutes
Inclination: 74.0791 deg
SMA: 7270.194 km
Apoapsis: 1031.694 km
Periapsis: 752.424 km
RAAN: 252.8667 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01920654
Argument of periapsis: 322.4941 deg
Mean anomaly: 36.2917 deg
Mean motion: 14.00502148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000133 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00077779427 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 10:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34459U 93036TC 25347.42365615 .00001330 00000-0 77779-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 34459 74.0791 252.8667 0192065 322.4941 36.2917 14.00502148857215
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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