Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
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: 1993-036BQV
Object number (NORAD): 37994
Object ID (CCSDS): 37994
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.048 minutes
Inclination: 74.0343 deg
SMA: 7138.937 km
Apoapsis: 777.824 km
Periapsis: 743.78 km
RAAN: 99.8398 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00238445
Argument of periapsis: 208.782 deg
Mean anomaly: 151.2021 deg
Mean motion: 14.39303685 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001367 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044715032 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 11:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37994U 93036BQV 25246.99160771 .00001367 00000-0 44715-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 37994 74.0343 99.8398 0023844 208.7820 151.2021 14.39303685756292
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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