Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11765
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1993-036AVB
Object number (NORAD): 35961
Object ID (CCSDS): 35961
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.508 minutes
Inclination: 73.9275 deg
SMA: 7255.489 km
Apoapsis: 1016.657 km
Periapsis: 738.052 km
RAAN: 28.8837 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01919961
Argument of periapsis: 343.8142 deg
Mean anomaly: 15.6911 deg
Mean motion: 14.04761881 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001949 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010446226 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 4:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35961U 93036AVB 25241.67839764 .00001949 00000-0 10446-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35961 73.9275 28.8837 0191996 343.8142 15.6911 14.04761881612063
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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