Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
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: 101.986 minutes
Inclination: 73.6921 deg
SMA: 7230.821 km
Apoapsis: 1018.144 km
Periapsis: 687.227 km
RAAN: 299.3507 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02288243
Argument of periapsis: 183.1886 deg
Mean anomaly: 199.9239 deg
Mean motion: 14.11956688 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007694 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0032940089 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 7:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 10:13 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37486U 93036BLP 25244.42624013 .00007694 00000-0 32940-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 37486 73.6921 299.3507 0228824 183.1886 199.9239 14.11956688619258
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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