Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11815
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1993-036BUK
Object number (NORAD): 39553
Object ID (CCSDS): 39553
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.886 minutes
Inclination: 74.0291 deg
SMA: 7273.29 km
Apoapsis: 1045.159 km
Periapsis: 745.151 km
RAAN: 63.68 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02062398
Argument of periapsis: 211.2244 deg
Mean anomaly: 147.6507 deg
Mean motion: 13.99607996 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007041 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0040239662 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, 3:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 39553U 93036BUK 25292.65213052 .00007041 00000-0 40240-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 39553 74.0291 63.6800 0206240 211.2244 147.6507 13.99607996748607
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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