Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11763
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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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: 1993-036AQB
Object number (NORAD): 35706
Object ID (CCSDS): 35706
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.456 minutes
Inclination: 73.8851 deg
SMA: 7393.933 km
Apoapsis: 1273.682 km
Periapsis: 757.913 km
RAAN: 240.144 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03487784
Argument of periapsis: 309.2974 deg
Mean anomaly: 47.7681 deg
Mean motion: 13.65493148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001416 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011655425 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 27, 2025, 8:01 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 27, 2025, 8:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35706U 93036AQB 25239.37092641 .00001416 00000-0 11655-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 35706 73.8851 240.1440 0348778 309.2974 47.7681 13.65493148605964
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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