Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11652
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: 100.607 minutes
Inclination: 74.0666 deg
SMA: 7165.497 km
Apoapsis: 853.868 km
Periapsis: 720.857 km
RAAN: 314.6308 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0092813
Argument of periapsis: 40.943 deg
Mean anomaly: 319.864 deg
Mean motion: 14.31308478 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005237 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0018948 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 6:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36366U 93036AYT 25126.25168954 .00005237 00000-0 18948-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 36366 74.0666 314.6308 0092813 40.9430 319.8640 14.31308478831320
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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