Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
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: 1993-036AYL
Object number (NORAD): 36073
Object ID (CCSDS): 36073
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.365 minutes
Inclination: 74.0325 deg
SMA: 7153.975 km
Apoapsis: 794.389 km
Periapsis: 757.292 km
RAAN: 147.1107 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00259276
Argument of periapsis: 243.4285 deg
Mean anomaly: 116.421 deg
Mean motion: 14.3476778 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000942 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034024367 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 1:11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36073U 93036AYL 25246.04972484 .00000942 00000-0 34024-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 36073 74.0325 147.1107 0025928 243.4285 116.4210 14.34767780687639
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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