Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036AGB
Object number (NORAD): 35014
Object ID (CCSDS): 35014
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.886 minutes
Inclination: 74.0012 deg
SMA: 7035.689 km
Apoapsis: 665.075 km
Periapsis: 650.032 km
RAAN: 358.8728 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001069
Argument of periapsis: 173.6729 deg
Mean anomaly: 186.458 deg
Mean motion: 14.71102215 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007384 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012036 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 4:20 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35014U 93036AGB 25185.18072596 .00007384 00000-0 12036-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35014 74.0012 358.8728 0010690 173.6729 186.4580 14.71102215689583
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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