Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11707
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: 99.341 minutes
Inclination: 74.0382 deg
SMA: 7105.232 km
Apoapsis: 757.267 km
Periapsis: 696.928 km
RAAN: 45.7287 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0042461
Argument of periapsis: 217.2905 deg
Mean anomaly: 142.5306 deg
Mean motion: 14.49557105 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000505 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013758 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 27, 2025, 5:57 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 27, 2025, 8:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35784U 93036ASE 25178.36277603 .00000505 00000-0 13758-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35784 74.0382 45.7287 0042461 217.2905 142.5306 14.49557105632664
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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