Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 100.023 minutes
Inclination: 74.0451 deg
SMA: 7137.719 km
Apoapsis: 829.4 km
Periapsis: 689.767 km
RAAN: 17.9776 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0097813
Argument of periapsis: 133.605 deg
Mean anomaly: 227.3275 deg
Mean motion: 14.3967225 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003102 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000945 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 7:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37108U 93036BGE 25185.82063261 .00003102 00000-0 94500-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 37108 74.0451 17.9776 0097813 133.6050 227.3275 14.39672250831903
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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