Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
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: 105.711 minutes
Inclination: 73.7255 deg
SMA: 7405.846 km
Apoapsis: 1339.574 km
Periapsis: 715.848 km
RAAN: 15.7057 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04211042
Argument of periapsis: 311.0469 deg
Mean anomaly: 59.2036 deg
Mean motion: 13.62199637 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005041 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0036100624 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35837U 93036ATK 25245.63704119 .00005041 00000-0 36101-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35837 73.7255 15.7057 0421104 311.0469 59.2036 13.62199637565994
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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