Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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: 1993-036ASW
Object number (NORAD): 35824
Object ID (CCSDS): 35824
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.717 minutes
Inclination: 73.8458 deg
SMA: 7312.395 km
Apoapsis: 1116.665 km
Periapsis: 751.855 km
RAAN: 56.1203 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02494458
Argument of periapsis: 143.0234 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.8382 deg
Mean motion: 13.883958 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003116 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020429183 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 8, 2025, 6:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 8, 2025, 11:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35824U 93036ASW 25342.47536062 .00003116 00000-0 20429-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35824 73.8458 56.1203 0249446 143.0234 218.8382 13.88395800841686
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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