Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11819
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: 1993-036BDA
Object number (NORAD): 36540
Object ID (CCSDS): 36540
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.788 minutes
Inclination: 74.0283 deg
SMA: 7078.84 km
Apoapsis: 712.067 km
Periapsis: 689.344 km
RAAN: 275.3014 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00160497
Argument of periapsis: 348.1149 deg
Mean anomaly: 11.9634 deg
Mean motion: 14.57671257 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008354 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001832113 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 24, 2025, 2:48 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36540U 93036BDA 25296.93567246 .00008354 00000-0 18321-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 36540 74.0283 275.3014 0016050 348.1149 11.9634 14.57671257852844
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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