Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11527
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036AZM
Object number (NORAD): 36384
Object ID (CCSDS): 36384
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Jan. 6, 2025
Period: 97.772 minutes
Inclination: 74.0227 deg
SMA: 7030.249 km
Apoapsis: 661.384 km
Periapsis: 642.844 km
RAAN: 227.5464 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013186
Argument of periapsis: 90.6073 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.661 deg
Mean motion: 14.72810004 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00031136 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0048439 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 11, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 12:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36384U 93036AZM 24042.50413762 .00031136 00000-0 48439-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 36384 74.0227 227.5464 0013186 90.6073 269.6610 14.72810004772263
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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