Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11822
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: 97.892 minutes
Inclination: 74.021 deg
SMA: 7035.967 km
Apoapsis: 674.968 km
Periapsis: 640.696 km
RAAN: 269.1227 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00243546
Argument of periapsis: 346.456 deg
Mean anomaly: 13.5954 deg
Mean motion: 14.71014821 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0001582 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0025648146 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35611U 93036ANE 25300.59737057 .00015820 00000-0 25648-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35611 74.0210 269.1227 0024355 346.4560 13.5954 14.71014821866116
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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