Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 1993-036AKA
Object number (NORAD): 35432
Object ID (CCSDS): 35432
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.315 minutes
Inclination: 74.0292 deg
SMA: 6960.2 km
Apoapsis: 589.643 km
Periapsis: 574.486 km
RAAN: 106.8862 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010888
Argument of periapsis: 247.8611 deg
Mean anomaly: 112.1418 deg
Mean motion: 14.95099923 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00049659 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0044949 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 8:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35432U 93036AKA 25126.36415083 .00049659 00000-0 44949-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35432 74.0292 106.8862 0010888 247.8611 112.1418 14.95099923841897
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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