Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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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: 1993-036AJA
Object number (NORAD): 35071
Object ID (CCSDS): 35071
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.022 minutes
Inclination: 73.9334 deg
SMA: 6946.079 km
Apoapsis: 617.669 km
Periapsis: 518.219 km
RAAN: 140.4452 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0071587
Argument of periapsis: 74.9769 deg
Mean anomaly: 285.9326 deg
Mean motion: 14.99661199 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008238 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00063568 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:30 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35071U 93036AJA 25187.18816011 .00008238 00000-0 63568-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 35071 73.9334 140.4452 0071587 74.9769 285.9326 14.99661199651425
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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