Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036BKC
Object number (NORAD): 37312
Object ID (CCSDS): 37312
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.611 minutes
Inclination: 74.0329 deg
SMA: 7118.104 km
Apoapsis: 752.587 km
Periapsis: 727.352 km
RAAN: 30.0411 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00177259
Argument of periapsis: 161.1379 deg
Mean anomaly: 199.044 deg
Mean motion: 14.45626992 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003143 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00089459202 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 3 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37312U 93036BKC 25247.12565125 .00003143 00000-0 89459-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 37312 74.0329 30.0411 0017726 161.1379 199.0440 14.45626992847243
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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