Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 97.623 minutes
Inclination: 74.0019 deg
SMA: 7023.096 km
Apoapsis: 675.047 km
Periapsis: 614.875 km
RAAN: 184.2069 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0042839
Argument of periapsis: 17.1898 deg
Mean anomaly: 343.0714 deg
Mean motion: 14.75060493 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000458 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00067445 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 3:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37132U 93036BHE 25188.65596473 .00004580 00000-0 67445-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 37132 74.0019 184.2069 0042839 17.1898 343.0714 14.75060493600837
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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