Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
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: 97.038 minutes
Inclination: 74.0187 deg
SMA: 6995.001 km
Apoapsis: 625.281 km
Periapsis: 608.451 km
RAAN: 30.5857 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001203
Argument of periapsis: 131.6862 deg
Mean anomaly: 228.5348 deg
Mean motion: 14.83956174 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00017739 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021285 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 6:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 6 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38220U 93036BTL 25185.25026825 .00017739 00000-0 21285-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 38220 74.0187 30.5857 0012030 131.6862 228.5348 14.83956174830893
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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