Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036AAM
Object number (NORAD): 34784
Object ID (CCSDS): 34784
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.578 minutes
Inclination: 74.0074 deg
SMA: 7068.796 km
Apoapsis: 725.587 km
Periapsis: 655.734 km
RAAN: 324.4607 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00494088
Argument of periapsis: 133.8124 deg
Mean anomaly: 226.7144 deg
Mean motion: 14.60779398 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003739 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00075874153 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 4:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34784U 93036AAM 25346.68492456 .00003739 00000-0 75874-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 34784 74.0074 324.4607 0049409 133.8124 226.7144 14.60779398885342
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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