Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 100.23 minutes
Inclination: 74.0232 deg
SMA: 7147.579 km
Apoapsis: 782.922 km
Periapsis: 755.965 km
RAAN: 213.2662 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018857
Argument of periapsis: 347.2053 deg
Mean anomaly: 12.8619 deg
Mean motion: 14.36694256 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000291 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001077 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 6:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37340U 93036BLG 25185.75464395 .00000291 00000-0 10770-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 37340 74.0232 213.2662 0018857 347.2053 12.8619 14.36694256817551
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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