Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036BNH
Object number (NORAD): 37528
Object ID (CCSDS): 37528
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.32 minutes
Inclination: 74.0373 deg
SMA: 7104.257 km
Apoapsis: 741.245 km
Periapsis: 710.999 km
RAAN: 67.7188 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021287
Argument of periapsis: 253.6648 deg
Mean anomaly: 106.2171 deg
Mean motion: 14.49855589 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000885 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023575 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 12:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37528U 93036BNH 25184.02966899 .00000885 00000-0 23575-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 37528 74.0373 67.7188 0021287 253.6648 106.2171 14.49855589835723
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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