Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11707
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
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: 1993-036AKH
Object number (NORAD): 35439
Object ID (CCSDS): 35439
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.47 minutes
Inclination: 74.0214 deg
SMA: 7300.801 km
Apoapsis: 1099.658 km
Periapsis: 745.674 km
RAAN: 61.8731 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0242428
Argument of periapsis: 267.8762 deg
Mean anomaly: 107.7722 deg
Mean motion: 13.91704286 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001196 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00075715 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 2, 2025, 2:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 27, 2025, 11:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35439U 93036AKH 25178.96645059 .00001196 00000-0 75715-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 35439 74.0214 61.8731 0242428 267.8762 107.7722 13.91704286818420
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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