Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 99.743 minutes
Inclination: 73.9986 deg
SMA: 7124.384 km
Apoapsis: 792.666 km
Periapsis: 699.832 km
RAAN: 138.2626 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0065152
Argument of periapsis: 336.3372 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.479 deg
Mean motion: 14.43715972 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001139 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033477 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 3:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35465U 93036ALK 25185.13119399 .00001139 00000-0 33477-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35465 73.9986 138.2626 0065152 336.3372 23.4790 14.43715972849099
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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