Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11708
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036ANN
Object number (NORAD): 35647
Object ID (CCSDS): 35647
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.815 minutes
Inclination: 74.0213 deg
SMA: 7127.834 km
Apoapsis: 784.378 km
Periapsis: 715.02 km
RAAN: 235.5004 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0048653
Argument of periapsis: 14.0661 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.1837 deg
Mean motion: 14.42667963 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001095 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033264 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 3:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 7:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35647U 93036ANN 25184.82144335 .00001095 00000-0 33264-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35647 74.0213 235.5004 0048653 14.0661 346.1837 14.42667963653281
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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