Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 99.173 minutes
Inclination: 74.0599 deg
SMA: 7097.226 km
Apoapsis: 791.654 km
Periapsis: 646.529 km
RAAN: 257.7375 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0102241
Argument of periapsis: 345.3248 deg
Mean anomaly: 14.4949 deg
Mean motion: 14.52010532 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002553 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00059701 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 4:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 8:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35674U 93036APR 25186.87301786 .00002553 00000-0 59701-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 35674 74.0599 257.7375 0102241 345.3248 14.4949 14.52010532837895
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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