Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11818
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036BPJ
Object number (NORAD): 37959
Object ID (CCSDS): 37959
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.79 minutes
Inclination: 74.0094 deg
SMA: 7078.944 km
Apoapsis: 742.511 km
Periapsis: 659.107 km
RAAN: 152.4884 deg
Eccentricy: 0.005891
Argument of periapsis: 304.6767 deg
Mean anomaly: 85.5443 deg
Mean motion: 14.57639346 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003147 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00068063 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 1:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37959U 93036BPJ 25296.58211193 .00003147 00000-0 68063-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 37959 74.0094 152.4884 0058910 304.6767 85.5443 14.57639346793968
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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