Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036AHP
Object number (NORAD): 35060
Object ID (CCSDS): 35060
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.912 minutes
Inclination: 74.0352 deg
SMA: 7132.466 km
Apoapsis: 767.551 km
Periapsis: 741.111 km
RAAN: 72.9861 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00185352
Argument of periapsis: 189.2023 deg
Mean anomaly: 170.8796 deg
Mean motion: 14.4126287 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001851 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00057960545 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 8:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35060U 93036AHP 25244.86715752 .00001851 00000-0 57961-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35060 74.0352 72.9861 0018535 189.2023 170.8796 14.41262870857741
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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