Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036AGH
Object number (NORAD): 35020
Object ID (CCSDS): 35020
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.441 minutes
Inclination: 74.0465 deg
SMA: 7062.282 km
Apoapsis: 748.529 km
Periapsis: 619.764 km
RAAN: 202.2067 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00911638
Argument of periapsis: 316.7345 deg
Mean anomaly: 42.6686 deg
Mean motion: 14.62800781 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001119 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021287557 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 12:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35020U 93036AGH 25345.03854346 .00001119 00000-0 21288-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35020 74.0465 202.2067 0091164 316.7345 42.6686 14.62800781882138
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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