Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036BKX
Object number (NORAD): 37331
Object ID (CCSDS): 37331
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.388 minutes
Inclination: 74.0747 deg
SMA: 7155.106 km
Apoapsis: 817.963 km
Periapsis: 735.979 km
RAAN: 359.5262 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0057291
Argument of periapsis: 55.7788 deg
Mean anomaly: 304.8774 deg
Mean motion: 14.3442764 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000102 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00036461 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37331U 93036BKX 25187.15908284 .00001020 00000-0 36461-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 37331 74.0747 359.5262 0057291 55.7788 304.8774 14.34427640824714
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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