Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
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: 102.543 minutes
Inclination: 73.9285 deg
SMA: 7257.097 km
Apoapsis: 1018.309 km
Periapsis: 739.615 km
RAAN: 223.2624 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0192015
Argument of periapsis: 200.4637 deg
Mean anomaly: 158.8734 deg
Mean motion: 14.04295167 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002416 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013029 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 11:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35961U 93036AVB 25130.99481858 .00002416 00000-0 13029-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 35961 73.9285 223.2624 0192015 200.4637 158.8734 14.04295167596523
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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