Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036AVW
Object number (NORAD): 35980
Object ID (CCSDS): 35980
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.804 minutes
Inclination: 73.9145 deg
SMA: 7079.624 km
Apoapsis: 739.714 km
Periapsis: 663.265 km
RAAN: 313.0294 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00539921
Argument of periapsis: 106.5947 deg
Mean anomaly: 254.1155 deg
Mean motion: 14.57429134 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006757 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014647579 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 4:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 11:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35980U 93036AVW 25247.47486880 .00006757 00000-0 14648-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 35980 73.9145 313.0294 0053992 106.5947 254.1155 14.57429134600399
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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