Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036AXY
Object number (NORAD): 36061
Object ID (CCSDS): 36061
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.44 minutes
Inclination: 74.0243 deg
SMA: 7157.531 km
Apoapsis: 805.747 km
Periapsis: 753.046 km
RAAN: 7.7948 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00368149
Argument of periapsis: 97.1574 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.3766 deg
Mean motion: 14.33698686 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001395 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00050814435 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 8, 2025, 6:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 8, 2025, 8:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36061U 93036AXY 25342.35023369 .00001395 00000-0 50814-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 36061 74.0243 7.7948 0036815 97.1574 263.3766 14.33698686650412
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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