Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11764
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: 102.912 minutes
Inclination: 74.0284 deg
SMA: 7274.523 km
Apoapsis: 1046.924 km
Periapsis: 745.852 km
RAAN: 173.6743 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0206936
Argument of periapsis: 335.1352 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.9915 deg
Mean motion: 13.99252104 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002019 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011713 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 17, 2025, 7:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 17, 2025, 2:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 39553U 93036BUK 25229.09924997 .00002019 00000-0 11713-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 39553 74.0284 173.6743 0206936 335.1352 23.9915 13.99252104739713
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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