Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036ALK
Object number (NORAD): 35465
Object ID (CCSDS): 35465
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.753 minutes
Inclination: 74.0019 deg
SMA: 7124.868 km
Apoapsis: 792.398 km
Periapsis: 701.068 km
RAAN: 249.6704 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0064092
Argument of periapsis: 103.2654 deg
Mean anomaly: 257.5662 deg
Mean motion: 14.43568915 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002235 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00065122 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:52 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35465U 93036ALK 25125.32806793 .00002235 00000-0 65122-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 35465 74.0019 249.6704 0064092 103.2654 257.5662 14.43568915840461
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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