Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036AKS
Object number (NORAD): 35448
Object ID (CCSDS): 35448
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.12 minutes
Inclination: 73.9042 deg
SMA: 7094.684 km
Apoapsis: 723.668 km
Periapsis: 709.429 km
RAAN: 35.7566 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010035
Argument of periapsis: 232.3952 deg
Mean anomaly: 127.6299 deg
Mean motion: 14.52791188 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002366 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00058248 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 8:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35448U 93036AKS 25185.84669927 .00002366 00000-0 58248-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 35448 73.9042 35.7566 0010035 232.3952 127.6299 14.52791188849977
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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