Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11473
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1993-036AJL
Object number (NORAD): 35282
Object ID (CCSDS): 35282
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Nov. 13, 2024
Period: 97.437 minutes
Inclination: 74.099 deg
SMA: 7014.147 km
Apoapsis: 680.202 km
Periapsis: 591.821 km
RAAN: 269.937 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0063002
Argument of periapsis: 67.4499 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.3327 deg
Mean motion: 14.77884426 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00047092 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0062927 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 11, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 2:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35282U 93036AJL 24042.60445930 .00047092 00000-0 62927-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 35282 74.0990 269.9370 0063002 67.4499 293.3327 14.77884426780181
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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