Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
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: 1993-036ATB
Object number (NORAD): 35829
Object ID (CCSDS): 35829
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.781 minutes
Inclination: 74.026 deg
SMA: 7030.646 km
Apoapsis: 660.993 km
Periapsis: 644.03 km
RAAN: 294.847 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00120636
Argument of periapsis: 9.4672 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.6725 deg
Mean motion: 14.72685167 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0002197 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0034347382 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:29 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 9:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35829U 93036ATB 25246.39139324 .00021970 00000-0 34347-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35829 74.0260 294.8470 0012064 9.4672 350.6725 14.72685167862969
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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