Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1993-036YP
Object number (NORAD): 34721
Object ID (CCSDS): 34721
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.089 minutes
Inclination: 73.9236 deg
SMA: 7282.878 km
Apoapsis: 1067.698 km
Periapsis: 741.788 km
RAAN: 328.1273 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02237513
Argument of periapsis: 267.2754 deg
Mean anomaly: 215.1227 deg
Mean motion: 13.96844968 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000409 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023947669 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 3:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34721U 93036YP 25345.65713257 .00004090 00000-0 23948-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34721 73.9236 328.1273 0223751 267.2754 215.1227 13.96844968851347
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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