Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11815
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036APR
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: 99.084 minutes
Inclination: 74.0605 deg
SMA: 7092.99 km
Apoapsis: 783.823 km
Periapsis: 645.886 km
RAAN: 57.7504 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00972343
Argument of periapsis: 117.7855 deg
Mean anomaly: 243.3207 deg
Mean motion: 14.53311742 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012705 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0028743937 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 10:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 1:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35674U 93036APR 25293.07893870 .00012705 00000-0 28744-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 35674 74.0605 57.7504 0097234 117.7855 243.3207 14.53311742853318
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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