Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11773
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: 99.091 minutes
Inclination: 73.9017 deg
SMA: 7093.34 km
Apoapsis: 720.505 km
Periapsis: 709.905 km
RAAN: 270.9507 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00074715
Argument of periapsis: 99.6935 deg
Mean anomaly: 260.5071 deg
Mean motion: 14.53204048 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003165 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00076997616 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 11:06 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35448U 93036AKS 25251.46264788 .00003165 00000-0 76998-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35448 73.9017 270.9507 0007472 99.6935 260.5071 14.53204048859503
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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