Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11765
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036ALA
Object number (NORAD): 35456
Object ID (CCSDS): 35456
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.186 minutes
Inclination: 73.9533 deg
SMA: 7050.09 km
Apoapsis: 718.192 km
Periapsis: 625.718 km
RAAN: 318.0876 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00655833
Argument of periapsis: 191.9903 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.9709 deg
Mean motion: 14.66596864 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00014812 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0025829258 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 5:37 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 11:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35456U 93036ALA 25243.47717967 .00014812 00000-0 25829-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35456 73.9533 318.0876 0065583 191.9903 167.9709 14.66596864643600
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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