Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
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: 99.296 minutes
Inclination: 74.0211 deg
SMA: 7103.089 km
Apoapsis: 784.009 km
Periapsis: 665.899 km
RAAN: 258.0512 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00831394
Argument of periapsis: 50.1745 deg
Mean anomaly: 121.8489 deg
Mean motion: 14.50213261 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001939 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00048385855 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, 6:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35883U 93036ATW 25246.76191925 .00001939 00000-0 48386-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 35883 74.0211 258.0512 0083139 50.1745 121.8489 14.50213261609365
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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