Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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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: 1993-036AMA
Object number (NORAD): 35583
Object ID (CCSDS): 35583
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.247 minutes
Inclination: 73.9165 deg
SMA: 7430.825 km
Apoapsis: 1339.109 km
Periapsis: 766.272 km
RAAN: 211.0344 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03854466
Argument of periapsis: 235.2733 deg
Mean anomaly: 121.1514 deg
Mean motion: 13.55336644 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001059 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0009708291 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 8:17 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35583U 93036AMA 25347.34545365 .00001059 00000-0 97083-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 35583 73.9165 211.0344 0385447 235.2733 121.1514 13.55336644824209
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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