Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11848
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036BTV
Object number (NORAD): 38485
Object ID (CCSDS): 38485
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Nov. 23, 2025
Period: 91.801 minutes
Inclination: 73.981 deg
SMA: 6741.003 km
Apoapsis: 369.775 km
Periapsis: 355.96 km
RAAN: 194.9886 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00102471
Argument of periapsis: 147.6012 deg
Mean anomaly: 212.5842 deg
Mean motion: 15.68613644 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.01011848 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.008021323 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 18, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 14, 2025, 9:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38485U 93036BTV 25318.38782400 .01011848 00000-0 80213-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 38485 73.9810 194.9886 0010247 147.6012 212.5842 15.68613644171892
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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