Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11654
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036ATW
Object number (NORAD): 35883
Object ID (CCSDS): 35883
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.311 minutes
Inclination: 74.0215 deg
SMA: 7103.8 km
Apoapsis: 786.713 km
Periapsis: 664.617 km
RAAN: 113.8923 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0085937
Argument of periapsis: 294.5559 deg
Mean anomaly: 97.3753 deg
Mean motion: 14.49995576 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001165 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029449 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 10:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35883U 93036ATW 25131.93755275 .00001165 00000-0 29449-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 35883 74.0215 113.8923 0085937 294.5559 97.3753 14.49995576592724
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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