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: 1993-036APN
Object number (NORAD): 35671
Object ID (CCSDS): 35671
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.424 minutes
Inclination: 74.018 deg
SMA: 7109.187 km
Apoapsis: 760.532 km
Periapsis: 701.573 km
RAAN: 80.2233 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00414664
Argument of periapsis: 254.3311 deg
Mean anomaly: 138.579 deg
Mean motion: 14.48347657 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001355 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00036575096 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, 6:07 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35671U 93036APN 25346.25526278 .00001355 00000-0 36575-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35671 74.0180 80.2233 0041466 254.3311 138.5790 14.48347657867566
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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