Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 1993-036BBJ
Object number (NORAD): 36459
Object ID (CCSDS): 36459
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.078 minutes
Inclination: 74.0462 deg
SMA: 7187.821 km
Apoapsis: 898.658 km
Periapsis: 720.714 km
RAAN: 287.9938 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0123782
Argument of periapsis: 61.6395 deg
Mean anomaly: 299.7168 deg
Mean motion: 14.24645768 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001301 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00052628 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:56 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 10:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36459U 93036BBJ 25186.95003235 .00001301 00000-0 52628-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 36459 74.0462 287.9938 0123782 61.6395 299.7168 14.24645768834959
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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