Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11647
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 103.494 minutes
Inclination: 74.019 deg
SMA: 7301.906 km
Apoapsis: 1102.556 km
Periapsis: 744.986 km
RAAN: 160.3235 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0244847
Argument of periapsis: 18.8765 deg
Mean anomaly: 5.5711 deg
Mean motion: 13.91388533 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002776 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017364 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 2, 2025, 2:33 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 1, 2025, 9:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35439U 93036AKH 25121.38501031 .00002776 00000-0 17364-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35439 74.0190 160.3235 0244847 18.8765 5.5711 13.91388533808257
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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