Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036AVY
Object number (NORAD): 35982
Object ID (CCSDS): 35982
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.445 minutes
Inclination: 74.0585 deg
SMA: 7062.457 km
Apoapsis: 729.601 km
Periapsis: 639.044 km
RAAN: 347.8199 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00641111
Argument of periapsis: 54.2821 deg
Mean anomaly: 306.4287 deg
Mean motion: 14.62746296 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000465 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00089096776 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35982U 93036AVY 25346.27436027 .00004650 00000-0 89097-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 35982 74.0585 347.8199 0064111 54.2821 306.4287 14.62746296861590
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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