Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11524
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1993-036AMB
Object number (NORAD): 35584
Object ID (CCSDS): 35584
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Jan. 3, 2025
Period: 99.49 minutes
Inclination: 74.0843 deg
SMA: 7112.348 km
Apoapsis: 807.192 km
Periapsis: 661.234 km
RAAN: 60.8241 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0102609
Argument of periapsis: 218.3151 deg
Mean anomaly: 141.0689 deg
Mean motion: 14.47382207 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00031111 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0079155 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 10, 2024, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 9, 2024, 11:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35584U 93036AMB 24040.46529396 .00031111 00000-0 79155-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 35584 74.0843 60.8241 0102609 218.3151 141.0689 14.47382207760519
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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