Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1993-036APR
Object number (NORAD): 35674
Object ID (CCSDS): 35674
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.21 minutes
Inclination: 74.0623 deg
SMA: 7098.999 km
Apoapsis: 793.631 km
Periapsis: 648.097 km
RAAN: 12.0498 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0102503
Argument of periapsis: 116.4477 deg
Mean anomaly: 244.7245 deg
Mean motion: 14.51466852 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007254 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001701 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 2:17 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35674U 93036APR 25126.09577922 .00007254 00000-0 17010-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35674 74.0623 12.0498 0102503 116.4477 244.7245 14.51466852829070
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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