Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11817
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1993-036VG
Object number (NORAD): 34570
Object ID (CCSDS): 34570
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.879 minutes
Inclination: 73.9578 deg
SMA: 7272.959 km
Apoapsis: 1034.505 km
Periapsis: 755.144 km
RAAN: 310.4427 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01920542
Argument of periapsis: 204.4766 deg
Mean anomaly: 279.0535 deg
Mean motion: 13.99703381 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001355 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00080417773 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 5:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34570U 93036VG 25293.74507035 .00001355 00000-0 80418-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 34570 73.9578 310.4427 0192054 204.4766 279.0535 13.99703381848590
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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