Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11649
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036BTR
Object number (NORAD): 38481
Object ID (CCSDS): 38481
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.308 minutes
Inclination: 73.9368 deg
SMA: 7293.151 km
Apoapsis: 1084.501 km
Periapsis: 745.53 km
RAAN: 34.7238 deg
Eccentricy: 0.023239
Argument of periapsis: 21.6888 deg
Mean anomaly: 339.3887 deg
Mean motion: 13.93894741 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004752 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0028923 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 2, 2025, 3:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 2, 2025, noon UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38481U 93036BTR 25122.50035916 .00004752 00000-0 28923-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 38481 73.9368 34.7238 0232390 21.6888 339.3887 13.93894741788385
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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