Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 1993-036BHU
Object number (NORAD): 37280
Object ID (CCSDS): 37280
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.552 minutes
Inclination: 74.032 deg
SMA: 7210.303 km
Apoapsis: 930.302 km
Periapsis: 734.035 km
RAAN: 342.5192 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0136102
Argument of periapsis: 146.164 deg
Mean anomaly: 214.8283 deg
Mean motion: 14.17987677 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002478 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011152 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 4:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37280U 93036BHU 25186.85829029 .00002478 00000-0 11152-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 37280 74.0320 342.5192 0136102 146.1640 214.8283 14.17987677550565
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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