Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11824
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: 99.773 minutes
Inclination: 73.9927 deg
SMA: 7125.832 km
Apoapsis: 779.049 km
Periapsis: 716.345 km
RAAN: 66.4312 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00439977
Argument of periapsis: 171.2082 deg
Mean anomaly: 188.9856 deg
Mean motion: 14.43276084 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005278 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015557987 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36074U 93036AYM 25300.61470754 .00005278 00000-0 15558-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 36074 73.9927 66.4312 0043998 171.2082 188.9856 14.43276084852442
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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