Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11708
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036AUZ
Object number (NORAD): 35959
Object ID (CCSDS): 35959
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.418 minutes
Inclination: 74.0313 deg
SMA: 7156.52 km
Apoapsis: 794.486 km
Periapsis: 762.284 km
RAAN: 245.2214 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022498
Argument of periapsis: 4.4667 deg
Mean anomaly: 355.6681 deg
Mean motion: 14.34002629 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000157 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000065506 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 1:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35959U 93036AUZ 25186.58057725 .00000157 00000-0 65506-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 35959 74.0313 245.2214 0022498 4.4667 355.6681 14.34002629826329
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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