Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11775
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036BFQ
Object number (NORAD): 37094
Object ID (CCSDS): 37094
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.201 minutes
Inclination: 74.1086 deg
SMA: 7146.198 km
Apoapsis: 830.587 km
Periapsis: 705.54 km
RAAN: 293.933 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00874918
Argument of periapsis: 285.7361 deg
Mean anomaly: 73.4156 deg
Mean motion: 14.37110518 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001806 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0005902893 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 10, 2025, 4:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37094U 93036BFQ 25252.44125492 .00001806 00000-0 59029-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 37094 74.1086 293.9330 0087492 285.7361 73.4156 14.37110518831517
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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