Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11651
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.3
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: 1993-036BKT
Object number (NORAD): 37327
Object ID (CCSDS): 37327
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.287 minutes
Inclination: 73.998 deg
SMA: 6862.182 km
Apoapsis: 496.526 km
Periapsis: 471.567 km
RAAN: 77.0951 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018186
Argument of periapsis: 231.1641 deg
Mean anomaly: 128.7938 deg
Mean motion: 15.27247624 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00307434 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.011 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: April 21, 2025, 3:51 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: April 16, 2025, 2:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37327U 93036BKT 25106.59581436 .00307434 00000-0 11000-1 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 37327 73.9980 77.0951 0018186 231.1641 128.7938 15.27247624 46953
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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