Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11816
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036AVR
Object number (NORAD): 35975
Object ID (CCSDS): 35975
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.003 minutes
Inclination: 74.0491 deg
SMA: 7184.272 km
Apoapsis: 888.406 km
Periapsis: 723.867 km
RAAN: 118.4482 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01145137
Argument of periapsis: 218.1944 deg
Mean anomaly: 141.1052 deg
Mean motion: 14.25701599 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003424 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013567145 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 21, 2025, 5:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 21, 2025, 8:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35975U 93036AVR 25264.33515528 .00003424 00000-0 13567-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 35975 74.0491 118.4482 0114514 218.1944 141.1052 14.25701599629272
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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