Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11648
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: 98.899 minutes
Inclination: 74.0303 deg
SMA: 7084.146 km
Apoapsis: 717.914 km
Periapsis: 694.107 km
RAAN: 239.2431 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0016803
Argument of periapsis: 5.5409 deg
Mean anomaly: 354.5937 deg
Mean motion: 14.56034058 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006328 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014396 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 8:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36540U 93036BDA 25126.34599089 .00006328 00000-0 14396-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 36540 74.0303 239.2431 0016803 5.5409 354.5937 14.56034058828002
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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