Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11765
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036AXJ
Object number (NORAD): 36047
Object ID (CCSDS): 36047
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.691 minutes
Inclination: 74.0371 deg
SMA: 6978.336 km
Apoapsis: 609.477 km
Periapsis: 590.924 km
RAAN: 180.8617 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00132936
Argument of periapsis: 273.6966 deg
Mean anomaly: 86.2695 deg
Mean motion: 14.89275253 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00038764 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0040659662 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 7:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36047U 93036AXJ 25243.82475793 .00038764 00000-0 40660-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 36047 74.0371 180.8617 0013294 273.6966 86.2695 14.89275253644043
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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