Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11708
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036AWD
Object number (NORAD): 35987
Object ID (CCSDS): 35987
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.87 minutes
Inclination: 73.9971 deg
SMA: 7130.438 km
Apoapsis: 788.043 km
Periapsis: 716.563 km
RAAN: 279.1826 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0050123
Argument of periapsis: 82.9989 deg
Mean anomaly: 277.6864 deg
Mean motion: 14.41877777 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001581 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00048395 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 28, 2025, 3:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 27, 2025, 3:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35987U 93036AWD 25178.63313851 .00001581 00000-0 48395-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 35987 73.9971 279.1826 0050123 82.9989 277.6864 14.41877777586418
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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