Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036BRS
Object number (NORAD): 38060
Object ID (CCSDS): 38060
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.371 minutes
Inclination: 74.0431 deg
SMA: 7058.935 km
Apoapsis: 721.771 km
Periapsis: 639.829 km
RAAN: 298.2163 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00580419
Argument of periapsis: 44.676 deg
Mean anomaly: 315.9062 deg
Mean motion: 14.63841303 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004921 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00092465515 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 5:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38060U 93036BRS 25345.22369011 .00004921 00000-0 92466-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 38060 74.0431 298.2163 0058042 44.6760 315.9062 14.63841303719427
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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