Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.7
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: 1993-036AHJ
Object number (NORAD): 35045
Object ID (CCSDS): 35045
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.858 minutes
Inclination: 73.7202 deg
SMA: 7271.982 km
Apoapsis: 1025.67 km
Periapsis: 762.024 km
RAAN: 337.0032 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0181275
Argument of periapsis: 243.2934 deg
Mean anomaly: 114.9543 deg
Mean motion: 13.99985582 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000772 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047163 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 4:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35045U 93036AHJ 25185.69093982 .00000772 00000-0 47163-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 35045 73.7202 337.0032 0181275 243.2934 114.9543 13.99985582823895
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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