Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036ASP
Object number (NORAD): 35793
Object ID (CCSDS): 35793
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.696 minutes
Inclination: 74.0429 deg
SMA: 7026.572 km
Apoapsis: 655.487 km
Periapsis: 641.386 km
RAAN: 14.8666 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010034
Argument of periapsis: 134.0855 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.1351 deg
Mean motion: 14.73966295 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007837 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011957 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 9:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35793U 93036ASP 25185.89397083 .00007837 00000-0 11957-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 35793 74.0429 14.8666 0010034 134.0855 293.1351 14.73966295634245
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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