Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11767
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: 101.102 minutes
Inclination: 73.9935 deg
SMA: 7188.972 km
Apoapsis: 925.005 km
Periapsis: 696.668 km
RAAN: 20.6301 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01588108
Argument of periapsis: 232.3284 deg
Mean anomaly: 258.9293 deg
Mean motion: 14.24303702 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004348 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016612616 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 6:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34569U 93036VF 25245.77653615 .00004348 00000-0 16613-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34569 73.9935 20.6301 0158811 232.3284 258.9293 14.24303702855300
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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