Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 99.92 minutes
Inclination: 74.0353 deg
SMA: 7132.811 km
Apoapsis: 768.636 km
Periapsis: 740.717 km
RAAN: 184.3927 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019571
Argument of periapsis: 310.8812 deg
Mean anomaly: 49.0647 deg
Mean motion: 14.41158208 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000661 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021264 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 3:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 4:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35060U 93036AHP 25184.68486656 .00000661 00000-0 21264-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 35060 74.0353 184.3927 0019571 310.8812 49.0647 14.41158208849070
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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