Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036BXG
Object number (NORAD): 47052
Object ID (CCSDS): 47052
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.337 minutes
Inclination: 74.0494 deg
SMA: 7152.666 km
Apoapsis: 817.28 km
Periapsis: 731.781 km
RAAN: 275.7473 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0059767
Argument of periapsis: 29.9795 deg
Mean anomaly: 345.7967 deg
Mean motion: 14.35161864 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000402 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014664 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 6:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 12:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 47052U 93036BXG 25185.51410601 .00000402 00000-0 14664-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 47052 74.0494 275.7473 0059767 29.9795 345.7967 14.35161864594758
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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