Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 1993-036AZT
Object number (NORAD): 36420
Object ID (CCSDS): 36420
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.228 minutes
Inclination: 74.0352 deg
SMA: 7147.495 km
Apoapsis: 782.96 km
Periapsis: 755.76 km
RAAN: 209.5007 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019028
Argument of periapsis: 336.7687 deg
Mean anomaly: 139.1507 deg
Mean motion: 14.36719466 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000254 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000094784 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 4:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 6:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36420U 93036AZT 25186.77330156 .00000254 00000-0 94784-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 36420 74.0352 209.5007 0019028 336.7687 139.1507 14.36719466827393
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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