Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036BKG
Object number (NORAD): 37316
Object ID (CCSDS): 37316
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.771 minutes
Inclination: 74.0204 deg
SMA: 6982.168 km
Apoapsis: 632.805 km
Periapsis: 575.262 km
RAAN: 215.8681 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0041207
Argument of periapsis: 313.4555 deg
Mean anomaly: 46.32 deg
Mean motion: 14.88049253 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00037986 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0040506475 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 3:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37316U 93036BKG 25249.63391207 .00037986 00000-0 40506-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 37316 74.0204 215.8681 0041207 313.4555 46.3200 14.88049253846962
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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