Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11767
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: 101.531 minutes
Inclination: 74.0283 deg
SMA: 7209.293 km
Apoapsis: 927.185 km
Periapsis: 735.131 km
RAAN: 237.5489 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01331989
Argument of periapsis: 26.9687 deg
Mean anomaly: 333.8296 deg
Mean motion: 14.18285772 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0031475321 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 4:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37280U 93036BHU 25245.69172771 .00007057 00000-0 31475-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 37280 74.0283 237.5489 0133199 26.9687 333.8296 14.18285772558904
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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