Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 1993-036F
Object number (NORAD): 33758
Object ID (CCSDS): 33758
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.293 minutes
Inclination: 74.028 deg
SMA: 7102.98 km
Apoapsis: 738.705 km
Periapsis: 710.985 km
RAAN: 151.9132 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019513
Argument of periapsis: 260.7526 deg
Mean anomaly: 159.4675 deg
Mean motion: 14.5024679 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002063 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00053574 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33758U 93036F 25188.92215818 .00002063 00000-0 53574-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 33758 74.0280 151.9132 0019513 260.7526 159.4675 14.50246790860164
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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