Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11763
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036BXG
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: 100.332 minutes
Inclination: 74.0498 deg
SMA: 7152.436 km
Apoapsis: 817.949 km
Periapsis: 730.653 km
RAAN: 173.018 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00610257
Argument of periapsis: 274.0576 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.6366 deg
Mean motion: 14.35230969 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001024 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035956564 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, 2:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 47052U 93036BXG 25241.58841755 .00001024 00000-0 35957-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 47052 74.0498 173.0180 0061026 274.0576 263.6366 14.35230969602808
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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