Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11566
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.2
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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: 1993-036AYV
Object number (NORAD): 36368
Object ID (CCSDS): 36368
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Feb. 14, 2025
Period: 100.696 minutes
Inclination: 74.1613 deg
SMA: 7169.689 km
Apoapsis: 880.064 km
Periapsis: 703.043 km
RAAN: 192.8534 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0123451
Argument of periapsis: 248.8833 deg
Mean anomaly: 109.9085 deg
Mean motion: 14.30053597 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00021344 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0075949 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 11, 2024, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 8, 2024, 10:11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36368U 93036AYV 24039.42446957 .00021344 00000-0 75949-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 36368 74.1613 192.8534 0123451 248.8833 109.9085 14.30053597736087
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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