Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036AMC
Object number (NORAD): 35585
Object ID (CCSDS): 35585
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.755 minutes
Inclination: 73.9711 deg
SMA: 7361.101 km
Apoapsis: 1210.776 km
Periapsis: 755.155 km
RAAN: 253.4629 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0309479
Argument of periapsis: 198.4173 deg
Mean anomaly: 284.3788 deg
Mean motion: 13.74638866 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000112 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00085074 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35585U 93036AMC 25187.88316179 .00001120 00000-0 85074-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 35585 73.9711 253.4629 0309479 198.4173 284.3788 13.74638866815435
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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