Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 102.022 minutes
Inclination: 73.6974 deg
SMA: 7232.5 km
Apoapsis: 1020.304 km
Periapsis: 688.426 km
RAAN: 44.8823 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0229435
Argument of periapsis: 297.1168 deg
Mean anomaly: 78.407 deg
Mean motion: 14.11465022 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001982 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0008666 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, 9:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37486U 93036BLP 25185.88967792 .00001982 00000-0 86660-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 37486 73.6974 44.8823 0229435 297.1168 78.4070 14.11465022610991
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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