Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11772
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036BWG
Object number (NORAD): 40803
Object ID (CCSDS): 40803
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.212 minutes
Inclination: 74.0121 deg
SMA: 7099.087 km
Apoapsis: 743.219 km
Periapsis: 698.684 km
RAAN: 237.6229 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00313669
Argument of periapsis: 118.3235 deg
Mean anomaly: 242.1097 deg
Mean motion: 14.51439851 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001888 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047692468 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 5:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 40803U 93036BWG 25248.22679439 .00001888 00000-0 47692-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 40803 74.0121 237.6229 0031367 118.3235 242.1097 14.51439851573232
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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