Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036UP
Object number (NORAD): 34553
Object ID (CCSDS): 34553
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.785 minutes
Inclination: 74.0247 deg
SMA: 7078.724 km
Apoapsis: 714.302 km
Periapsis: 686.876 km
RAAN: 193.8454 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00193719
Argument of periapsis: 271.2686 deg
Mean anomaly: 203.5704 deg
Mean motion: 14.57707101 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007262 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015912729 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 5:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34553U 93036UP 25345.71253381 .00007262 00000-0 15913-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34553 74.0247 193.8454 0019372 271.2686 203.5704 14.57707101880813
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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