Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11772
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 1993-036BFE
Object number (NORAD): 37084
Object ID (CCSDS): 37084
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.067 minutes
Inclination: 74.0318 deg
SMA: 6948.264 km
Apoapsis: 639.526 km
Periapsis: 500.733 km
RAAN: 357.0358 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00998762
Argument of periapsis: 103.0094 deg
Mean anomaly: 258.2266 deg
Mean motion: 14.98953913 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008323 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00062196683 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 1:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37084U 93036BFE 25250.55555861 .00008323 00000-0 62197-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 37084 74.0318 357.0358 0099876 103.0094 258.2266 14.98953913648252
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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