Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11764
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036WB
Object number (NORAD): 34589
Object ID (CCSDS): 34589
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.909 minutes
Inclination: 73.9228 deg
SMA: 7321.409 km
Apoapsis: 1127.695 km
Periapsis: 758.853 km
RAAN: 233.7583 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02518932
Argument of periapsis: 198.6544 deg
Mean anomaly: 313.584 deg
Mean motion: 13.85832592 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000045 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00032222114 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 9:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34589U 93036WB 25242.41088745 .00000450 00000-0 32222-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34589 73.9228 233.7583 0251893 198.6544 313.5840 13.85832592832663
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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