Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11767
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: 98.537 minutes
Inclination: 74.0295 deg
SMA: 7066.839 km
Apoapsis: 750.778 km
Periapsis: 626.63 km
RAAN: 110.7598 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00878381
Argument of periapsis: 248.5649 deg
Mean anomaly: 126.6561 deg
Mean motion: 14.61386027 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002314 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044904871 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 9:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 40239U 93036BVU 25244.90836296 .00002314 00000-0 44905-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 40239 74.0295 110.7598 0087838 248.5649 126.6561 14.61386027581234
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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