Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11873
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036VN
Object number (NORAD): 34576
Object ID (CCSDS): 34576
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.938 minutes
Inclination: 74.0337 deg
SMA: 7086.033 km
Apoapsis: 713.703 km
Periapsis: 702.093 km
RAAN: 131.0976 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00081927
Argument of periapsis: 267.6962 deg
Mean anomaly: 155.2533 deg
Mean motion: 14.55452426 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000274 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00063614234 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 17, 2025, 2:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 16, 2025, 11:41 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34576U 93036VN 25350.48686534 .00002740 00000-0 63614-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 34576 74.0337 131.0976 0008193 267.6962 155.2533 14.55452426885213
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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