Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11763
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036BWT
Object number (NORAD): 46271
Object ID (CCSDS): 46271
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.241 minutes
Inclination: 74.0448 deg
SMA: 7100.477 km
Apoapsis: 750.379 km
Periapsis: 694.304 km
RAAN: 276.36 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00394869
Argument of periapsis: 61.0355 deg
Mean anomaly: 299.4755 deg
Mean motion: 14.51013675 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001025 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002635613 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 8:39 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 46271U 93036BWT 25241.36044091 .00001025 00000-0 26356-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 46271 74.0448 276.3600 0039487 61.0355 299.4755 14.51013675831134
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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