Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036BJV
Object number (NORAD): 37305
Object ID (CCSDS): 37305
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.309 minutes
Inclination: 73.8691 deg
SMA: 7151.34 km
Apoapsis: 807.359 km
Periapsis: 739.052 km
RAAN: 123.9786 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0047758
Argument of periapsis: 105.697 deg
Mean anomaly: 254.9458 deg
Mean motion: 14.35560781 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002398 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00083102965 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 9:33 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37305U 93036BJV 25242.39795515 .00002398 00000-0 83103-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 37305 73.8691 123.9786 0047758 105.6970 254.9458 14.35560781653695
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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