Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
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: 98.237 minutes
Inclination: 74.0483 deg
SMA: 7052.504 km
Apoapsis: 705.441 km
Periapsis: 643.297 km
RAAN: 10.4597 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0044058
Argument of periapsis: 180.7283 deg
Mean anomaly: 179.383 deg
Mean motion: 14.65844082 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004212 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007656 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 9:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35061U 93036AHQ 25126.38835171 .00004212 00000-0 76560-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 35061 74.0483 10.4597 0044058 180.7283 179.3830 14.65844082853446
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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