Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
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: 103.756 minutes
Inclination: 73.8431 deg
SMA: 7314.226 km
Apoapsis: 1124.198 km
Periapsis: 747.985 km
RAAN: 223.036 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02571793
Argument of periapsis: 326.0278 deg
Mean anomaly: 32.4602 deg
Mean motion: 13.87874381 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003342 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021792204 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:42 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7:50 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35824U 93036ASW 25245.32693119 .00003342 00000-0 21792-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 35824 73.8431 223.0360 0257179 326.0278 32.4602 13.87874381828202
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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