Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
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: 1993-036BQA
Object number (NORAD): 37975
Object ID (CCSDS): 37975
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.563 minutes
Inclination: 74.0032 deg
SMA: 7020.229 km
Apoapsis: 709.495 km
Periapsis: 574.694 km
RAAN: 326.255 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0096009
Argument of periapsis: 315.8702 deg
Mean anomaly: 43.4838 deg
Mean motion: 14.75964152 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00044255 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0059326203 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, 3 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37975U 93036BQA 25345.62540259 .00044255 00000-0 59326-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 37975 74.0032 326.2550 0096009 315.8702 43.4838 14.75964152697299
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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