COSMOS 2251 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

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

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: 1993-036AQB

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.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2251 DEB.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
METEOR 2-6 LEO 2025-04-04 04:58:08 0.0001738562 580.0 (m) PAYLOAD

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
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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