Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
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: 1993-036ARA
Object number (NORAD): 35729
Object ID (CCSDS): 35729
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.532 minutes
Inclination: 73.9995 deg
SMA: 6825.507 km
Apoapsis: 451.378 km
Periapsis: 443.365 km
RAAN: 14.5718 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00058704
Argument of periapsis: 149.8521 deg
Mean anomaly: 210.3026 deg
Mean motion: 15.39573486 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00261042 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0064055102 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 1:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35729U 93036ARA 25244.07758196 .00261042 00000-0 64055-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 35729 73.9995 14.5718 0005870 149.8521 210.3026 15.39573486866810
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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