Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
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: 98.889 minutes
Inclination: 73.9127 deg
SMA: 7083.662 km
Apoapsis: 746.608 km
Periapsis: 664.446 km
RAAN: 190.2481 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0057994
Argument of periapsis: 10.1587 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.0732 deg
Mean motion: 14.56183329 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000858 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0019029 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 3, 2025, 5:28 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 3, 2025, 10:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35980U 93036AVW 25123.45110660 .00008580 00000-0 19029-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 35980 73.9127 190.2481 0057994 10.1587 350.0732 14.56183329582330
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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