Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036APB
Object number (NORAD): 35660
Object ID (CCSDS): 35660
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.316 minutes
Inclination: 74.0397 deg
SMA: 7104.07 km
Apoapsis: 739.173 km
Periapsis: 712.697 km
RAAN: 138.1054 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00186346
Argument of periapsis: 287.2761 deg
Mean anomaly: 189.4863 deg
Mean motion: 14.49912866 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002638 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00068790313 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 10, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 3:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35660U 93036APB 25344.14276713 .00002638 00000-0 68790-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35660 74.0397 138.1054 0018635 287.2761 189.4863 14.49912866658334
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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