Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
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: 1993-036BHE
Object number (NORAD): 37132
Object ID (CCSDS): 37132
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.58 minutes
Inclination: 74.0022 deg
SMA: 7021.007 km
Apoapsis: 673.127 km
Periapsis: 612.617 km
RAAN: 74.2034 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00430921
Argument of periapsis: 255.196 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.4438 deg
Mean motion: 14.75719034 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00010457 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015082009 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 7:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37132U 93036BHE 25244.79988720 .00010457 00000-0 15082-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 37132 74.0022 74.2034 0043092 255.1960 104.4438 14.75719034609111
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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