Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11816
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.2
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: 1993-036AQN
Object number (NORAD): 35717
Object ID (CCSDS): 35717
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.143 minutes
Inclination: 74.1607 deg
SMA: 7143.439 km
Apoapsis: 820.845 km
Periapsis: 709.764 km
RAAN: 313.3469 deg
Eccentricy: 0.007775
Argument of periapsis: 189.4692 deg
Mean anomaly: 170.5003 deg
Mean motion: 14.37943149 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005122 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016440566 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 7:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35717U 93036AQN 25294.32299815 .00005122 00000-0 16441-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35717 74.1607 313.3469 0077750 189.4692 170.5003 14.37943149733468
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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