Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
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: 1993-036AMA
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: 106.277 minutes
Inclination: 73.9166 deg
SMA: 7432.226 km
Apoapsis: 1341.128 km
Periapsis: 767.053 km
RAAN: 110.5641 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0386207
Argument of periapsis: 164.6977 deg
Mean anomaly: 196.6214 deg
Mean motion: 13.54953616 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000655 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060896 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35583U 93036AMA 25187.15335964 .00000655 00000-0 60896-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35583 73.9166 110.5641 0386207 164.6977 196.6214 13.54953616802509
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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