Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11823
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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: 95.278 minutes
Inclination: 74.0227 deg
SMA: 6910.192 km
Apoapsis: 536.717 km
Periapsis: 527.396 km
RAAN: 110.542 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00067447
Argument of periapsis: 112.473 deg
Mean anomaly: 247.7177 deg
Mean motion: 15.11358935 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00039758 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023444752 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 28, 2025, 4:36 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35432U 93036AKA 25301.19220969 .00039758 00000-0 23445-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35432 74.0227 110.5420 0006745 112.4730 247.7177 15.11358935868136
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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