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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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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