Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036BCZ
Object number (NORAD): 36539
Object ID (CCSDS): 36539
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.677 minutes
Inclination: 74.0242 deg
SMA: 7073.536 km
Apoapsis: 714.612 km
Periapsis: 676.189 km
RAAN: 53.6108 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00271601
Argument of periapsis: 198.6387 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.3786 deg
Mean motion: 14.5931132 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004282 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00090705349 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 1:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36539U 93036BCZ 25347.56221818 .00004282 00000-0 90705-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 36539 74.0242 53.6108 0027160 198.6387 161.3786 14.59311320839593
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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