Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11818
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 1993-036BUR
Object number (NORAD): 39586
Object ID (CCSDS): 39586
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.333 minutes
Inclination: 74.0094 deg
SMA: 7199.899 km
Apoapsis: 893.199 km
Periapsis: 750.329 km
RAAN: 320.4792 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00992169
Argument of periapsis: 107.598 deg
Mean anomaly: 273.0181 deg
Mean motion: 14.21062398 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000983 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044175735 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 8:37 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 39586U 93036BUR 25295.35947316 .00000983 00000-0 44176-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 39586 74.0094 320.4792 0099217 107.5980 273.0181 14.21062398602424
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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