Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11812
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 1993-036VD
Object number (NORAD): 34567
Object ID (CCSDS): 34567
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.128 minutes
Inclination: 74.0404 deg
SMA: 7190.225 km
Apoapsis: 865.496 km
Periapsis: 758.684 km
RAAN: 257.0895 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00742759
Argument of periapsis: 343.1713 deg
Mean anomaly: 84.1687 deg
Mean motion: 14.23931299 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000863 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00037677607 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, midnight UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34567U 93036VD 25291.00041101 .00000863 00000-0 37678-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34567 74.0404 257.0895 0074276 343.1713 84.1687 14.23931299863318
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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