Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
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: 104.058 minutes
Inclination: 73.9016 deg
SMA: 7328.4 km
Apoapsis: 1156.565 km
Periapsis: 743.964 km
RAAN: 181.8733 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0281508
Argument of periapsis: 187.4326 deg
Mean anomaly: 172.2587 deg
Mean motion: 13.83850084 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003904 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026077 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 9:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35580U 93036ALX 25344.88704238 .00003904 00000-0 26077-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 35580 73.9016 181.8733 0281508 187.4326 172.2587 13.83850084622311
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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