COSMOS 2251 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISDECAYED

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11856

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.5

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: 1993-036AHA

Object number (NORAD): 35037

Object ID (CCSDS): 35037

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Decay date: Dec. 1, 2025

Period: 92.681 minutes

Inclination: 73.9601 deg

SMA: 6784.014 km

Apoapsis: 412.854 km

Periapsis: 398.904 km

RAAN: 214.7185 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0010282

Argument of periapsis: 129.4999 deg

Mean anomaly: 230.7127 deg

Mean motion: 15.53719687 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00469331 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0068953187 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 8, 2025, 5:28 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 7, 2025, 11:23 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 35037U 93036AHA 25311.47473608 .00469331 00000-0 68953-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 35037 73.9601 214.7185 0010282 129.4999 230.7127 15.53719687666563

Live tracking on map

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.

In-orbit conjunctions

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
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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