Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 100.264 minutes
Inclination: 74.0281 deg
SMA: 7149.175 km
Apoapsis: 784.308 km
Periapsis: 757.773 km
RAAN: 208.6779 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018558
Argument of periapsis: 344.1321 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.8343 deg
Mean motion: 14.36212956 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000215 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000082687 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, 12:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35287U 93036AJR 25187.51426535 .00000215 00000-0 82687-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35287 74.0281 208.6779 0018558 344.1321 167.8343 14.36212956846068
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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