Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036BGE
Object number (NORAD): 37108
Object ID (CCSDS): 37108
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.91 minutes
Inclination: 74.0444 deg
SMA: 7132.357 km
Apoapsis: 819.376 km
Periapsis: 689.068 km
RAAN: 81.4442 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00913497
Argument of periapsis: 158.2355 deg
Mean anomaly: 202.2722 deg
Mean motion: 14.41295875 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000741 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021858638 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37108U 93036BGE 25346.26320734 .00007410 00000-0 21859-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 37108 74.0444 81.4442 0091350 158.2355 202.2722 14.41295875855005
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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