Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036AQP
Object number (NORAD): 35718
Object ID (CCSDS): 35718
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.309 minutes
Inclination: 74.0347 deg
SMA: 7055.949 km
Apoapsis: 689.216 km
Periapsis: 666.412 km
RAAN: 194.6649 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0016159
Argument of periapsis: 305.0133 deg
Mean anomaly: 54.9518 deg
Mean motion: 14.64770657 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007881 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014794 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 10:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35718U 93036AQP 25126.45075816 .00007881 00000-0 14794-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 35718 74.0347 194.6649 0016159 305.0133 54.9518 14.64770657626112
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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