Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
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: 1993-036AYM
Object number (NORAD): 36074
Object ID (CCSDS): 36074
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.86 minutes
Inclination: 73.9932 deg
SMA: 7129.977 km
Apoapsis: 785.975 km
Periapsis: 717.709 km
RAAN: 34.6467 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0047872
Argument of periapsis: 180.7509 deg
Mean anomaly: 179.3584 deg
Mean motion: 14.42017635 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004653 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014057 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 4, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 4:30 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36074U 93036AYM 25124.18798216 .00004653 00000-0 14057-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 36074 73.9932 34.6467 0047872 180.7509 179.3584 14.42017635827000
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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