Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 1993-036BQL
Object number (NORAD): 37985
Object ID (CCSDS): 37985
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.319 minutes
Inclination: 74.0231 deg
SMA: 7151.803 km
Apoapsis: 789.039 km
Periapsis: 758.298 km
RAAN: 198.2223 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021492
Argument of periapsis: 358.7715 deg
Mean anomaly: 1.338 deg
Mean motion: 14.35421444 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000079 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000036473 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37985U 93036BQL 25187.37874121 .00000079 00000-0 36473-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 37985 74.0231 198.2223 0021492 358.7715 1.3380 14.35421444626306
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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