Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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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: 100.322 minutes
Inclination: 73.8695 deg
SMA: 7151.96 km
Apoapsis: 808.681 km
Periapsis: 738.969 km
RAAN: 253.4922 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0048736
Argument of periapsis: 249.6703 deg
Mean anomaly: 109.9208 deg
Mean motion: 14.35374192 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035724 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 21, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 21, 2025, 11:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37305U 93036BJV 25172.49675681 .00001011 00000-0 35724-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 37305 73.8695 253.4922 0048736 249.6703 109.9208 14.35374192643667
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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