Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11711
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036ASK
Object number (NORAD): 35789
Object ID (CCSDS): 35789
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.29 minutes
Inclination: 74.0365 deg
SMA: 7150.416 km
Apoapsis: 806.886 km
Periapsis: 737.676 km
RAAN: 213.0882 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0048396
Argument of periapsis: 350.9012 deg
Mean anomaly: 9.1258 deg
Mean motion: 14.35839264 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000178 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000069589 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 10:11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35789U 93036ASK 25189.42432913 .00000178 00000-0 69589-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35789 74.0365 213.0882 0048396 350.9012 9.1258 14.35839264589690
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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