Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11768
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: 96.211 minutes
Inclination: 74.0327 deg
SMA: 6955.203 km
Apoapsis: 642.749 km
Periapsis: 511.388 km
RAAN: 56.5969 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00944337
Argument of periapsis: 165.0118 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.3903 deg
Mean motion: 14.96711171 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00017191 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013739442 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 4:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35905U 93036AUU 25245.18429163 .00017191 00000-0 13739-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35905 74.0327 56.5969 0094434 165.0118 195.3903 14.96711171870624
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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