Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
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: 1993-036XS
Object number (NORAD): 34672
Object ID (CCSDS): 34672
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.25 minutes
Inclination: 74.0334 deg
SMA: 7148.534 km
Apoapsis: 787.295 km
Periapsis: 753.503 km
RAAN: 307.539 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00236356
Argument of periapsis: 19.6523 deg
Mean anomaly: 155.1005 deg
Mean motion: 14.36406242 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001257 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00043649208 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 4:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34672U 93036XS 25345.67828993 .00001257 00000-0 43649-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34672 74.0334 307.5390 0023636 19.6523 155.1005 14.36406242651627
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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