Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11647
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036AJR
Object number (NORAD): 35287
Object ID (CCSDS): 35287
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.267 minutes
Inclination: 74.0296 deg
SMA: 7149.317 km
Apoapsis: 783.675 km
Periapsis: 758.689 km
RAAN: 324.2606 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0017474
Argument of periapsis: 120.4855 deg
Mean anomaly: 298.9629 deg
Mean motion: 14.36170226 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000051 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001837 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 2:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35287U 93036AJR 25124.59659895 .00000510 00000-0 18370-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 35287 74.0296 324.2606 0017474 120.4855 298.9629 14.36170226837034
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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