Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11810
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036AFV
Object number (NORAD): 34997
Object ID (CCSDS): 34997
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.676 minutes
Inclination: 73.8818 deg
SMA: 7121.227 km
Apoapsis: 811.989 km
Periapsis: 674.194 km
RAAN: 65.2208 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0096749
Argument of periapsis: 52.987 deg
Mean anomaly: 308.009 deg
Mean motion: 14.44676311 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007507 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020506199 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 13, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 13, 2025, 2:59 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34997U 93036AFV 25286.12480602 .00007507 00000-0 20506-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34997 73.8818 65.2208 0096749 52.9870 308.0090 14.44676311698716
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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