Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11639
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 16.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036BEQ
Object number (NORAD): 36626
Object ID (CCSDS): 36626
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: April 28, 2025
Period: 90.159 minutes
Inclination: 73.9854 deg
SMA: 6660.405 km
Apoapsis: 290.308 km
Periapsis: 274.232 km
RAAN: 313.1685 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012068
Argument of periapsis: 52.0522 deg
Mean anomaly: 308.1804 deg
Mean motion: 15.97172511 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00782382 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017895 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: April 20, 2025, 3:24 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: April 19, 2025, 5:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36626U 93036BEQ 25109.24295789 .00782382 27402-3 17895-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 36626 73.9854 313.1685 0012068 52.0522 308.1804 15.97172511647326
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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