Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11654
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036BFK
Object number (NORAD): 37089
Object ID (CCSDS): 37089
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.435 minutes
Inclination: 74.0395 deg
SMA: 7109.718 km
Apoapsis: 837.605 km
Periapsis: 625.561 km
RAAN: 189.4025 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0149122
Argument of periapsis: 342.4164 deg
Mean anomaly: 17.1861 deg
Mean motion: 14.48185504 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005528 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012945 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 8:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37089U 93036BFK 25131.86146604 .00005528 00000-0 12945-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 37089 74.0395 189.4025 0149122 342.4164 17.1861 14.48185504804937
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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