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
74.1
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: 1993-036AYT
Object number (NORAD): 36366
Object ID (CCSDS): 36366
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.462 minutes
Inclination: 74.0648 deg
SMA: 7158.616 km
Apoapsis: 845.491 km
Periapsis: 715.471 km
RAAN: 275.2795 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00908134
Argument of periapsis: 303.7675 deg
Mean anomaly: 55.4849 deg
Mean motion: 14.33372709 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000883 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0030636872 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 12:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36366U 93036AYT 25345.52688958 .00008830 00000-0 30637-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 36366 74.0648 275.2795 0090813 303.7675 55.4849 14.33372709862712
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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