Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1993-036AGF
Object number (NORAD): 35018
Object ID (CCSDS): 35018
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.382 minutes
Inclination: 73.9775 deg
SMA: 7390.446 km
Apoapsis: 1268.055 km
Periapsis: 756.568 km
RAAN: 104.4594 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0346046
Argument of periapsis: 57.6671 deg
Mean anomaly: 305.7453 deg
Mean motion: 13.66459501 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001854 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014971 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 8:13 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35018U 93036AGF 25131.34268305 .00001854 00000-0 14971-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35018 73.9775 104.4594 0346046 57.6671 305.7453 13.66459501802433
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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