Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 102.526 minutes
Inclination: 73.93 deg
SMA: 7256.317 km
Apoapsis: 1016.441 km
Periapsis: 739.923 km
RAAN: 138.7235 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0190536
Argument of periapsis: 106.1311 deg
Mean anomaly: 256.089 deg
Mean motion: 14.04521596 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001867 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010069 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 28, 2025, 5:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 28, 2025, 3:33 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35961U 93036AVB 25179.14793228 .00001867 00000-0 10069-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 35961 73.9300 138.7235 0190536 106.1311 256.0890 14.04521596603280
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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