Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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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: 1993-036BRH
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: 99.817 minutes
Inclination: 73.8481 deg
SMA: 7127.904 km
Apoapsis: 801.915 km
Periapsis: 697.623 km
RAAN: 90.3363 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0073157
Argument of periapsis: 85.6334 deg
Mean anomaly: 275.3175 deg
Mean motion: 14.4264671 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009837 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0028692 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 1:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38006U 93036BRH 25127.57500034 .00009837 00000-0 28692-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 38006 73.8481 90.3363 0073157 85.6334 275.3175 14.42646710597967
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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