Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11655
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036AGD
Object number (NORAD): 35016
Object ID (CCSDS): 35016
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.381 minutes
Inclination: 73.9298 deg
SMA: 7154.768 km
Apoapsis: 858.392 km
Periapsis: 694.874 km
RAAN: 327.6327 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0114272
Argument of periapsis: 289.6588 deg
Mean anomaly: 100.1166 deg
Mean motion: 14.34529289 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000733 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00025086 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 13, 2025, 6:58 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 1:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35016U 93036AGD 25133.55002369 .00000733 00000-0 25086-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 35016 73.9298 327.6327 0114272 289.6588 100.1166 14.34529289837255
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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