Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
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: 100.558 minutes
Inclination: 74.0649 deg
SMA: 7163.178 km
Apoapsis: 851.124 km
Periapsis: 718.961 km
RAAN: 97.9386 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00922521
Argument of periapsis: 152.9615 deg
Mean anomaly: 207.6387 deg
Mean motion: 14.3200384 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009137 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0032533326 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:42 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36366U 93036AYT 25245.32273966 .00009137 00000-0 32533-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 36366 74.0649 97.9386 0092252 152.9615 207.6387 14.32003840848364
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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