Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036BVU
Object number (NORAD): 40239
Object ID (CCSDS): 40239
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.497 minutes
Inclination: 74.0316 deg
SMA: 7064.927 km
Apoapsis: 746.673 km
Periapsis: 626.911 km
RAAN: 279.9471 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0084758
Argument of periapsis: 31.8637 deg
Mean anomaly: 148.8031 deg
Mean motion: 14.6197936 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003879 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00074089 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 10, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 2:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 40239U 93036BVU 25344.59230316 .00003879 00000-0 74089-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 40239 74.0316 279.9471 0084758 31.8637 148.8031 14.61979360595796
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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