Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
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: 1993-036UE
Object number (NORAD): 34544
Object ID (CCSDS): 34544
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.312 minutes
Inclination: 73.9182 deg
SMA: 7433.863 km
Apoapsis: 1341.593 km
Periapsis: 769.864 km
RAAN: 5.8803 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03845432
Argument of periapsis: 52.5842 deg
Mean anomaly: 67.4555 deg
Mean motion: 13.54505891 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000577 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00054487267 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:29 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 6:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34544U 93036UE 25246.75677637 .00000577 00000-0 54487-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34544 73.9182 5.8803 0384543 52.5842 67.4555 13.54505891815286
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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