Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036UQ
Object number (NORAD): 34554
Object ID (CCSDS): 34554
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.163 minutes
Inclination: 74.0373 deg
SMA: 7144.374 km
Apoapsis: 783.563 km
Periapsis: 748.915 km
RAAN: 119.243 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00242479
Argument of periapsis: 211.1489 deg
Mean anomaly: 274.3146 deg
Mean motion: 14.37661028 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000923 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00031496196 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34554U 93036UQ 25248.82576470 .00000923 00000-0 31496-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34554 74.0373 119.2430 0024248 211.1489 274.3146 14.37661028863487
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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