Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11829
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
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: 1993-036BQX
Object number (NORAD): 37996
Object ID (CCSDS): 37996
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.212 minutes
Inclination: 74.0646 deg
SMA: 7241.516 km
Apoapsis: 1023.565 km
Periapsis: 703.197 km
RAAN: 283.601 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0221202
Argument of periapsis: 44.8164 deg
Mean anomaly: 317.0604 deg
Mean motion: 14.08829818 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012589 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0058203202 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 11:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37996U 93036BQX 25300.96764260 .00012589 00000-0 58203-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 37996 74.0646 283.6010 0221202 44.8164 317.0604 14.08829818554902
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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