Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11636
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036AVQ
Object number (NORAD): 35974
Object ID (CCSDS): 35974
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: April 25, 2025
Period: 94.315 minutes
Inclination: 73.9987 deg
SMA: 6863.546 km
Apoapsis: 499.787 km
Periapsis: 471.034 km
RAAN: 58.5163 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020946
Argument of periapsis: 218.1403 deg
Mean anomaly: 141.8317 deg
Mean motion: 15.26792281 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00261653 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0095359 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: April 15, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: April 14, 2025, 2:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35974U 93036AVQ 25104.58529325 .00261653 00000-0 95359-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 35974 73.9987 58.5163 0020946 218.1403 141.8317 15.26792281625822
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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