Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11812
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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: 1993-036ALX
Object number (NORAD): 35580
Object ID (CCSDS): 35580
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.083 minutes
Inclination: 73.9003 deg
SMA: 7329.576 km
Apoapsis: 1161.791 km
Periapsis: 741.092 km
RAAN: 274.7985 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0286987
Argument of periapsis: 290.6874 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.3702 deg
Mean motion: 13.83516854 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003785 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0025158 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 17, 2025, 7:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 5:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35580U 93036ALX 25290.22908280 .00003785 00000-0 25158-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 35580 73.9003 274.7985 0286987 290.6874 66.3702 13.83516854614754
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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