Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036BLC
Object number (NORAD): 37336
Object ID (CCSDS): 37336
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.513 minutes
Inclination: 74.043 deg
SMA: 7161.003 km
Apoapsis: 804.025 km
Periapsis: 761.711 km
RAAN: 15.1999 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029545
Argument of periapsis: 150.3909 deg
Mean anomaly: 209.8923 deg
Mean motion: 14.326561 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000225 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000091907 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 10:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37336U 93036BLC 25125.42684627 .00000225 00000-0 91907-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 37336 74.0430 15.1999 0029545 150.3909 209.8923 14.32656100619500
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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