Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11814
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036VU
Object number (NORAD): 34582
Object ID (CCSDS): 34582
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.793 minutes
Inclination: 74.0229 deg
SMA: 7126.776 km
Apoapsis: 782.662 km
Periapsis: 714.62 km
RAAN: 12.7855 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00477373
Argument of periapsis: 138.3457 deg
Mean anomaly: 222.1352 deg
Mean motion: 14.42989225 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004182 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012391961 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 5:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34582U 93036VU 25292.73199878 .00004182 00000-0 12392-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34582 74.0229 12.7855 0047737 138.3457 222.1352 14.42989225871688
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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