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
74.0
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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: 1993-036AMD
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: 106.522 minutes
Inclination: 74.0188 deg
SMA: 7443.655 km
Apoapsis: 1365.82 km
Periapsis: 765.22 km
RAAN: 205.57 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0403431
Argument of periapsis: 114.844 deg
Mean anomaly: 319.33 deg
Mean motion: 13.51834236 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000335 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00032354 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 1, 2025, 6:11 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 1, 2025, 11:21 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35586U 93036AMD 25182.47328914 .00000335 00000-0 32354-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 35586 74.0188 205.5700 0403431 114.8440 319.3300 13.51834236581620
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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