Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11812
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036AJN
Object number (NORAD): 35284
Object ID (CCSDS): 35284
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.123 minutes
Inclination: 74.0515 deg
SMA: 7142.495 km
Apoapsis: 775.303 km
Periapsis: 753.418 km
RAAN: 7.7378 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00153203
Argument of periapsis: 102.7994 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.4929 deg
Mean motion: 14.38228326 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000065 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022218719 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 3 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35284U 93036AJN 25290.62563839 .00000650 00000-0 22219-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35284 74.0515 7.7378 0015320 102.7994 327.4929 14.38228326647193
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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