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
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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: 1993-036AEY
Object number (NORAD): 34969
Object ID (CCSDS): 34969
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.541 minutes
Inclination: 74.0146 deg
SMA: 7162.36 km
Apoapsis: 837.098 km
Periapsis: 731.353 km
RAAN: 29.119 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00738203
Argument of periapsis: 163.1468 deg
Mean anomaly: 197.2162 deg
Mean motion: 14.32248944 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001343 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049233942 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 5:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 9, 2025, 11:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34969U 93036AEY 25343.46951518 .00001343 00000-0 49234-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 34969 74.0146 29.1190 0073820 163.1468 197.2162 14.32248944650905
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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