Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11823
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: 99.236 minutes
Inclination: 74.0281 deg
SMA: 7100.23 km
Apoapsis: 734.05 km
Periapsis: 710.141 km
RAAN: 300.368 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00168372
Argument of periapsis: 11.7285 deg
Mean anomaly: 108.7976 deg
Mean motion: 14.51089139 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004657 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011792969 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 28, 2025, 9:58 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33758U 93036F 25301.41548687 .00004657 00000-0 11793-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33758 74.0281 300.3680 0016837 11.7285 108.7976 14.51089139876470
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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