Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11654
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.7
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: 1993-036BLP
Object number (NORAD): 37486
Object ID (CCSDS): 37486
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.061 minutes
Inclination: 73.7019 deg
SMA: 7234.359 km
Apoapsis: 1025.159 km
Periapsis: 687.289 km
RAAN: 142.36 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0233517
Argument of periapsis: 41.3275 deg
Mean anomaly: 136.2549 deg
Mean motion: 14.10920926 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006028 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026117 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 6:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37486U 93036BLP 25131.76430010 .00006028 00000-0 26117-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 37486 73.7019 142.3600 0233517 41.3275 136.2549 14.10920926794673
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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