Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
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: 1993-036BKG
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: 96.362 minutes
Inclination: 74.02 deg
SMA: 6962.497 km
Apoapsis: 604.868 km
Periapsis: 563.856 km
RAAN: 24.8845 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029452
Argument of periapsis: 93.8539 deg
Mean anomaly: 266.6013 deg
Mean motion: 14.94359882 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00033042 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0030338 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 8:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37316U 93036BKG 25344.84834263 .00033042 00000-0 30338-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 37316 74.0200 24.8845 0029452 93.8539 266.6013 14.94359882861153
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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