Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
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: 1993-036BPW
Object number (NORAD): 37971
Object ID (CCSDS): 37971
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.525 minutes
Inclination: 73.9921 deg
SMA: 7114.001 km
Apoapsis: 785.961 km
Periapsis: 685.771 km
RAAN: 226.5717 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00704178
Argument of periapsis: 20.3186 deg
Mean anomaly: 340.0748 deg
Mean motion: 14.46877857 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00014068 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0037593743 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 5:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37971U 93036BPW 25248.21898932 .00014068 00000-0 37594-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 37971 73.9921 226.5717 0070418 20.3186 340.0748 14.46877857592526
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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