Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036BXF
Object number (NORAD): 47051
Object ID (CCSDS): 47051
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.388 minutes
Inclination: 74.1021 deg
SMA: 7390.743 km
Apoapsis: 1267.077 km
Periapsis: 758.14 km
RAAN: 96.6606 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0344307
Argument of periapsis: 248.7532 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.8167 deg
Mean motion: 13.66377171 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000065 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00054117 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 28, 2025, 5:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 28, 2025, 12:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 47051U 93036BXF 25179.51966694 .00000650 00000-0 54117-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 47051 74.1021 96.6606 0344307 248.7532 293.8167 13.66377171576533
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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