Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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: 1993-036BRH
Object number (NORAD): 38006
Object ID (CCSDS): 38006
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.77 minutes
Inclination: 73.8489 deg
SMA: 7125.692 km
Apoapsis: 799.874 km
Periapsis: 695.24 km
RAAN: 344.8577 deg
Eccentricy: 0.007342
Argument of periapsis: 331.1427 deg
Mean anomaly: 28.5675 deg
Mean motion: 14.43318488 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003566 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010321 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 3:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 2, 2025, 5:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38006U 93036BRH 25183.72868332 .00003566 00000-0 10321-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 38006 73.8489 344.8577 0073420 331.1427 28.5675 14.43318488606068
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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