Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11814
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 1993-036AUU
Object number (NORAD): 35905
Object ID (CCSDS): 35905
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.146 minutes
Inclination: 74.0324 deg
SMA: 6952.069 km
Apoapsis: 637.341 km
Periapsis: 510.528 km
RAAN: 320.9667 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00912054
Argument of periapsis: 54.9996 deg
Mean anomaly: 305.9708 deg
Mean motion: 14.97723392 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013565 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010630045 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 10:11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35905U 93036AUU 25292.42494038 .00013565 00000-0 10630-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35905 74.0324 320.9667 0091205 54.9996 305.9708 14.97723392877692
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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