Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036BXY
Object number (NORAD): 47068
Object ID (CCSDS): 47068
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.197 minutes
Inclination: 74.0239 deg
SMA: 7098.374 km
Apoapsis: 734.916 km
Periapsis: 705.563 km
RAAN: 144.312 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020676
Argument of periapsis: 270.6327 deg
Mean anomaly: 89.2465 deg
Mean motion: 14.51658333 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002641 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00066343 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 5:33 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 47068U 93036BXY 25187.23138643 .00002641 00000-0 66343-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 47068 74.0239 144.3120 0020676 270.6327 89.2465 14.51658333594411
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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