Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
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: 1993-036BXH
Object number (NORAD): 47053
Object ID (CCSDS): 47053
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.909 minutes
Inclination: 74.0597 deg
SMA: 7415.065 km
Apoapsis: 1316.142 km
Periapsis: 757.718 km
RAAN: 256.721 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03765467
Argument of periapsis: 70.6385 deg
Mean anomaly: 352.548 deg
Mean motion: 13.59660001 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002258 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0019220925 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 2:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 47053U 93036BXH 25345.09396127 .00002258 00000-0 19221-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 47053 74.0597 256.7210 0376547 70.6385 352.5480 13.59660001288665
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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