Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11827
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036AEW
Object number (NORAD): 34967
Object ID (CCSDS): 34967
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.726 minutes
Inclination: 73.9947 deg
SMA: 7123.578 km
Apoapsis: 772.155 km
Periapsis: 718.732 km
RAAN: 334.6068 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00374974
Argument of periapsis: 133.7268 deg
Mean anomaly: 226.7004 deg
Mean motion: 14.43960952 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000256 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007506371 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 10:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34967U 93036AEW 25303.44512017 .00002560 00000-0 75064-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 34967 73.9947 334.6068 0037497 133.7268 226.7004 14.43960952643322
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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