Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036ANE
Object number (NORAD): 35611
Object ID (CCSDS): 35611
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.771 minutes
Inclination: 74.0198 deg
SMA: 7030.185 km
Apoapsis: 667.274 km
Periapsis: 636.826 km
RAAN: 180.2161 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00216552
Argument of periapsis: 253.3155 deg
Mean anomaly: 106.564 deg
Mean motion: 14.72829917 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00021915 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.003406201 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35611U 93036ANE 25346.27041964 .00021915 00000-0 34062-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 35611 74.0198 180.2161 0021655 253.3155 106.5640 14.72829917872839
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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