Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11647
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036AVV
Object number (NORAD): 35979
Object ID (CCSDS): 35979
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.85 minutes
Inclination: 74.0151 deg
SMA: 7033.981 km
Apoapsis: 701.26 km
Periapsis: 610.433 km
RAAN: 310.4711 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0064563
Argument of periapsis: 139.4015 deg
Mean anomaly: 36.2496 deg
Mean motion: 14.71637797 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007513 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011719 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 6:56 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 6:09 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35979U 93036AVV 25125.25671128 .00007513 00000-0 11719-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 35979 74.0151 310.4711 0064563 139.4015 36.2496 14.71637797854725
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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