Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.2
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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: 1993-036ARR
Object number (NORAD): 35771
Object ID (CCSDS): 35771
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.098 minutes
Inclination: 74.1662 deg
SMA: 7236.091 km
Apoapsis: 1024.321 km
Periapsis: 691.591 km
RAAN: 129.1253 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02299096
Argument of periapsis: 94.4876 deg
Mean anomaly: 268.2566 deg
Mean motion: 14.10414346 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0001677 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0073659145 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 5:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35771U 93036ARR 25244.74218070 .00016770 00000-0 73659-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35771 74.1662 129.1253 0229910 94.4876 268.2566 14.10414346814214
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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