Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.7
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: 1993-036ATK
Object number (NORAD): 35837
Object ID (CCSDS): 35837
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.778 minutes
Inclination: 73.7285 deg
SMA: 7408.939 km
Apoapsis: 1344.125 km
Periapsis: 717.483 km
RAAN: 213.0469 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0422896
Argument of periapsis: 164.5643 deg
Mean anomaly: 270.5954 deg
Mean motion: 13.61346568 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004425 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0032068 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 3:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35837U 93036ATK 25126.64893700 .00004425 00000-0 32068-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 35837 73.7285 213.0469 0422896 164.5643 270.5954 13.61346568549794
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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