Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11647
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036BQP
Object number (NORAD): 37988
Object ID (CCSDS): 37988
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.21 minutes
Inclination: 74.0625 deg
SMA: 7051.202 km
Apoapsis: 722.06 km
Periapsis: 624.074 km
RAAN: 90.8424 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0069482
Argument of periapsis: 190.9601 deg
Mean anomaly: 169.006 deg
Mean motion: 14.6625001 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005482 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0009646 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:38 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37988U 93036BQP 25125.31841424 .00005482 00000-0 96460-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 37988 74.0625 90.8424 0069482 190.9601 169.0060 14.66250010201485
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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