Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 1993-036AZG
Object number (NORAD): 36379
Object ID (CCSDS): 36379
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.297 minutes
Inclination: 74.0104 deg
SMA: 7150.755 km
Apoapsis: 805.51 km
Periapsis: 739.729 km
RAAN: 243.3065 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0045996
Argument of periapsis: 49.4365 deg
Mean anomaly: 330.511 deg
Mean motion: 14.35737201 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000396 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001442 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 10:41 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36379U 93036AZG 25185.44548904 .00000396 00000-0 14420-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 36379 74.0104 243.3065 0045996 49.4365 330.5110 14.35737201625136
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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