Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036AUD
Object number (NORAD): 35890
Object ID (CCSDS): 35890
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.06 minutes
Inclination: 73.9376 deg
SMA: 7091.862 km
Apoapsis: 757.849 km
Periapsis: 669.605 km
RAAN: 306.6313 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0062215
Argument of periapsis: 121.6235 deg
Mean anomaly: 239.1019 deg
Mean motion: 14.53658241 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011175 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026054 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 4, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 5:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35890U 93036AUD 25124.23980101 .00011175 00000-0 26054-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 35890 73.9376 306.6313 0062215 121.6235 239.1019 14.53658241619145
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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