Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11651
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: 1993-036BNS
Object number (NORAD): 37537
Object ID (CCSDS): 37537
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.198 minutes
Inclination: 74.0106 deg
SMA: 7146.049 km
Apoapsis: 804.685 km
Periapsis: 731.142 km
RAAN: 307.7037 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0051457
Argument of periapsis: 141.2765 deg
Mean anomaly: 219.2096 deg
Mean motion: 14.37155687 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000907 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030905 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 5:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37537U 93036BNS 25128.23803674 .00000907 00000-0 30905-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 37537 74.0106 307.7037 0051457 141.2765 219.2096 14.37155687818946
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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