Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036AGP
Object number (NORAD): 35026
Object ID (CCSDS): 35026
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.072 minutes
Inclination: 74.0464 deg
SMA: 7092.407 km
Apoapsis: 773.053 km
Periapsis: 655.49 km
RAAN: 262.2577 deg
Eccentricy: 0.008288
Argument of periapsis: 56.2764 deg
Mean anomaly: 116.22 deg
Mean motion: 14.53490936 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000129 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000036409 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 6:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 11:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35026U 93036AGP 25185.97277500 .00000129 00000-0 36409-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35026 74.0464 262.2577 0082880 56.2764 116.2200 14.53490936859222
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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