Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11711
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: 103.768 minutes
Inclination: 73.8447 deg
SMA: 7314.814 km
Apoapsis: 1125.952 km
Periapsis: 747.405 km
RAAN: 326.5266 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0258754
Argument of periapsis: 80.7231 deg
Mean anomaly: 282.3056 deg
Mean motion: 13.87707287 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001123 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00074162 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 1:33 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35824U 93036ASW 25185.06478301 .00001123 00000-0 74162-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35824 73.8447 326.5266 0258754 80.7231 282.3056 13.87707287819845
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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