Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
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: 105.94 minutes
Inclination: 74.0599 deg
SMA: 7416.509 km
Apoapsis: 1318.724 km
Periapsis: 758.024 km
RAAN: 55.0205 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03780082
Argument of periapsis: 250.4378 deg
Mean anomaly: 291.75 deg
Mean motion: 13.59262994 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001803 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015483315 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 5:59 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 47053U 93036BXH 25247.24975122 .00001803 00000-0 15483-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 47053 74.0599 55.0205 0378008 250.4378 291.7500 13.59262994275364
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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