Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 96.119 minutes
Inclination: 74.0286 deg
SMA: 6950.785 km
Apoapsis: 645.252 km
Periapsis: 500.049 km
RAAN: 126.9343 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0104451
Argument of periapsis: 250.2012 deg
Mean anomaly: 108.789 deg
Mean motion: 14.98138467 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003708 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028292 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 12:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37084U 93036BFE 25186.52800265 .00003708 00000-0 28292-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 37084 74.0286 126.9343 0104451 250.2012 108.7890 14.98138467638669
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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