Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11870
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036ATC
Object number (NORAD): 35830
Object ID (CCSDS): 35830
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.129 minutes
Inclination: 73.8624 deg
SMA: 7190.236 km
Apoapsis: 900.167 km
Periapsis: 724.036 km
RAAN: 277.7805 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01224789
Argument of periapsis: 247.2482 deg
Mean anomaly: 111.5683 deg
Mean motion: 14.23927917 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004837 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0019622096 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 6, 2025, 5:59 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 6, 2025, 12:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35830U 93036ATC 25340.50460897 .00004837 00000-0 19622-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 35830 73.8624 277.7805 0122479 247.2482 111.5683 14.23927917611751
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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