Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11819
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: 100.289 minutes
Inclination: 73.8723 deg
SMA: 7150.358 km
Apoapsis: 807.346 km
Periapsis: 737.099 km
RAAN: 21.8082 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00491214
Argument of periapsis: 350.0258 deg
Mean anomaly: 9.9914 deg
Mean motion: 14.35856699 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000222 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00076508317 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 12:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37305U 93036BJV 25297.51469358 .00002220 00000-0 76508-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 37305 73.8723 21.8082 0049121 350.0258 9.9914 14.35856699661608
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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