Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
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: 96.064 minutes
Inclination: 74.0316 deg
SMA: 6948.143 km
Apoapsis: 633.104 km
Periapsis: 506.911 km
RAAN: 213.5888 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00908105
Argument of periapsis: 293.9806 deg
Mean anomaly: 65.1892 deg
Mean motion: 14.98993139 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013108 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0009939745 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 8:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35905U 93036AUU 25345.37213716 .00013108 00000-0 99397-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 35905 74.0316 213.5888 0090811 293.9806 65.1892 14.98993139885622
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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