Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11815
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
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: 1993-036BTL
Object number (NORAD): 38220
Object ID (CCSDS): 38220
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.726 minutes
Inclination: 74.0165 deg
SMA: 6979.987 km
Apoapsis: 608.78 km
Periapsis: 594.925 km
RAAN: 177.2039 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00099248
Argument of periapsis: 222.1667 deg
Mean anomaly: 137.8752 deg
Mean motion: 14.88746718 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00028962 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0030853728 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 10:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38220U 93036BTL 25292.42247720 .00028962 00000-0 30854-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 38220 74.0165 177.2039 0009925 222.1667 137.8752 14.88746718705616
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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