Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036YB
Object number (NORAD): 34681
Object ID (CCSDS): 34681
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.276 minutes
Inclination: 74.0628 deg
SMA: 7006.455 km
Apoapsis: 649.115 km
Periapsis: 607.525 km
RAAN: 121.7767 deg
Eccentricy: 0.002968
Argument of periapsis: 210.9074 deg
Mean anomaly: 211.9636 deg
Mean motion: 14.80318708 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011628 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015158166 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 4:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34681U 93036YB 25249.68413272 .00011628 00000-0 15158-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 34681 74.0628 121.7767 0029680 210.9074 211.9636 14.80318708878337
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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