Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11816
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
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: 1993-036ZE
Object number (NORAD): 34736
Object ID (CCSDS): 34736
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.678 minutes
Inclination: 74.0085 deg
SMA: 6881.141 km
Apoapsis: 512.312 km
Periapsis: 493.7 km
RAAN: 147.1839 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013524
Argument of periapsis: 167.6579 deg
Mean anomaly: 266.9964 deg
Mean motion: 15.20939887 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00161502 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0071193 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 8:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34736U 93036ZE 25294.83406707 .00161502 00000-0 71193-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 34736 74.0085 147.1839 0013524 167.6579 266.9964 15.20939887876531
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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