Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036BLG
Object number (NORAD): 37340
Object ID (CCSDS): 37340
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.214 minutes
Inclination: 74.0254 deg
SMA: 7146.817 km
Apoapsis: 781.388 km
Periapsis: 755.976 km
RAAN: 276.5255 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00177782
Argument of periapsis: 11.3919 deg
Mean anomaly: 348.7633 deg
Mean motion: 14.36923896 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000888 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0003082543 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 5:47 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 1:57 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37340U 93036BLG 25347.08160225 .00000888 00000-0 30825-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 37340 74.0254 276.5255 0017778 11.3919 348.7633 14.36923896840723
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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