Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036ASE
Object number (NORAD): 35784
Object ID (CCSDS): 35784
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.349 minutes
Inclination: 74.0378 deg
SMA: 7105.643 km
Apoapsis: 757.624 km
Periapsis: 697.391 km
RAAN: 162.0049 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0042384
Argument of periapsis: 346.6973 deg
Mean anomaly: 13.3065 deg
Mean motion: 14.4943162 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001605 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00042199 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: April 27, 2025, 2:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: April 26, 2025, 9:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35784U 93036ASE 25116.38536175 .00001605 00000-0 42199-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 35784 74.0378 162.0049 0042384 346.6973 13.3065 14.49431620623686
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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