Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036ADJ
Object number (NORAD): 34913
Object ID (CCSDS): 34913
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.374 minutes
Inclination: 74.0283 deg
SMA: 7154.412 km
Apoapsis: 790.775 km
Periapsis: 761.779 km
RAAN: 286.5252 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020264
Argument of periapsis: 37.1811 deg
Mean anomaly: 83.6827 deg
Mean motion: 14.346364 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000241 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000094175 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 10, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 1 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34913U 93036ADJ 25344.54187676 .00000241 00000-0 94175-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 34913 74.0283 286.5252 0020264 37.1811 83.6827 14.34636400651569
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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