Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11767
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
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: 1993-036TT
Object number (NORAD): 34474
Object ID (CCSDS): 34474
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.457 minutes
Inclination: 74.0777 deg
SMA: 7253.052 km
Apoapsis: 1023.591 km
Periapsis: 726.243 km
RAAN: 142.2761 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02049815
Argument of periapsis: 241.3573 deg
Mean anomaly: 176.543 deg
Mean motion: 14.05469875 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003769 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0019336466 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34474U 93036TT 25245.79178488 .00003769 00000-0 19336-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34474 74.0777 142.2761 0204981 241.3573 176.5430 14.05469875840904
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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