Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11647
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 100.062 minutes
Inclination: 74.0356 deg
SMA: 7139.609 km
Apoapsis: 778.038 km
Periapsis: 744.909 km
RAAN: 323.4143 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023201
Argument of periapsis: 101.8728 deg
Mean anomaly: 258.503 deg
Mean motion: 14.39100603 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001339 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044 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, 8:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37994U 93036BQV 25125.83415492 .00001339 00000-0 44000-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 37994 74.0356 323.4143 0023201 101.8728 258.5030 14.39100603738866
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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