Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
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: 99.405 minutes
Inclination: 73.9935 deg
SMA: 7108.312 km
Apoapsis: 778.096 km
Periapsis: 682.259 km
RAAN: 44.173 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00674117
Argument of periapsis: 183.4136 deg
Mean anomaly: 176.6574 deg
Mean motion: 14.48615122 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00016772 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0043286348 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37971U 93036BPW 25345.44481557 .00016772 00000-0 43286-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 37971 73.9935 44.1730 0067412 183.4136 176.6574 14.48615122606596
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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