Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 99.305 minutes
Inclination: 74.0241 deg
SMA: 7103.518 km
Apoapsis: 785.513 km
Periapsis: 665.252 km
RAAN: 16.3793 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0084649
Argument of periapsis: 185.2472 deg
Mean anomaly: 194.7697 deg
Mean motion: 14.50081971 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000078 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019933 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 3:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 2, 2025, 7:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35883U 93036ATW 25183.81691125 .00000780 00000-0 19933-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35883 74.0241 16.3793 0084649 185.2472 194.7697 14.50081971600247
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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