Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
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: 100.315 minutes
Inclination: 74.0254 deg
SMA: 7151.597 km
Apoapsis: 788.367 km
Periapsis: 758.558 km
RAAN: 264.4092 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00208406
Argument of periapsis: 26.9436 deg
Mean anomaly: 333.2793 deg
Mean motion: 14.35483406 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000212 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000082613695 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 11:06 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37985U 93036BQL 25347.46277993 .00000212 00000-0 82614-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 37985 74.0254 264.4092 0020841 26.9436 333.2793 14.35483406649274
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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