Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036AHQ
Object number (NORAD): 35061
Object ID (CCSDS): 35061
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.182 minutes
Inclination: 74.0459 deg
SMA: 7049.877 km
Apoapsis: 702.18 km
Periapsis: 641.305 km
RAAN: 133.5082 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00431747
Argument of periapsis: 269.9116 deg
Mean anomaly: 89.7106 deg
Mean motion: 14.66663314 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004542 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00081057393 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 9:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35061U 93036AHQ 25249.40681765 .00004542 00000-0 81057-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 35061 74.0459 133.5082 0043175 269.9116 89.7106 14.66663314871470
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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