Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036BWW
Object number (NORAD): 46432
Object ID (CCSDS): 46432
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.753 minutes
Inclination: 73.8697 deg
SMA: 7500.9 km
Apoapsis: 1477.927 km
Periapsis: 767.603 km
RAAN: 274.1481 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04734926
Argument of periapsis: 48.6603 deg
Mean anomaly: 334.5237 deg
Mean motion: 13.36388402 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000677 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00071016076 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 5:37 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 8:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 46432U 93036BWW 25243.36416289 .00000677 00000-0 71016-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 46432 73.8697 274.1481 0473493 48.6603 334.5237 13.36388402655859
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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