Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11762
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036AHR
Object number (NORAD): 35062
Object ID (CCSDS): 35062
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.28 minutes
Inclination: 74.0795 deg
SMA: 7197.384 km
Apoapsis: 916.612 km
Periapsis: 721.885 km
RAAN: 290.1151 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01352761
Argument of periapsis: 318.4891 deg
Mean anomaly: 40.604 deg
Mean motion: 14.21807369 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002037 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00085348072 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 25, 2025, 2:12 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 24, 2025, 7:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35062U 93036AHR 25236.83009935 .00002037 00000-0 85348-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 35062 74.0795 290.1151 0135276 318.4891 40.6040 14.21807369839361
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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