Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
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: 1993-036AMD
Object number (NORAD): 35586
Object ID (CCSDS): 35586
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.502 minutes
Inclination: 74.02 deg
SMA: 7442.742 km
Apoapsis: 1365.805 km
Periapsis: 763.409 km
RAAN: 307.4172 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0404687
Argument of periapsis: 183.4058 deg
Mean anomaly: 354.3417 deg
Mean motion: 13.52082947 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000588 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00055296 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 11:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 9, 2025, 3:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35586U 93036AMD 25343.65537095 .00000588 00000-0 55296-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 35586 74.0200 307.4172 0404687 183.4058 354.3417 13.52082947603405
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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