Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11813
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: 1993-036VF
Object number (NORAD): 34569
Object ID (CCSDS): 34569
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.087 minutes
Inclination: 73.9897 deg
SMA: 7188.267 km
Apoapsis: 922.826 km
Periapsis: 697.437 km
RAAN: 299.9094 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01567751
Argument of periapsis: 141.8644 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.8762 deg
Mean motion: 14.24513288 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001481 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00057176098 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 10:38 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34569U 93036VF 25290.44374275 .00001481 00000-0 57176-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34569 73.9897 299.9094 0156775 141.8644 346.8762 14.24513288861664
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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