Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11772
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: 100.456 minutes
Inclination: 74.0247 deg
SMA: 7158.303 km
Apoapsis: 808.861 km
Periapsis: 751.475 km
RAAN: 177.6359 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00400832
Argument of periapsis: 288.3491 deg
Mean anomaly: 71.3302 deg
Mean motion: 14.33466885 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001281 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00046893098 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 12:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36061U 93036AXY 25249.53783454 .00001281 00000-0 46893-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 36061 74.0247 177.6359 0040083 288.3491 71.3302 14.33466885637112
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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