Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11647
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036H
Object number (NORAD): 33760
Object ID (CCSDS): 33760
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.312 minutes
Inclination: 74.0316 deg
SMA: 7151.486 km
Apoapsis: 787.572 km
Periapsis: 759.13 km
RAAN: 326.7823 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019885
Argument of periapsis: 123.6598 deg
Mean anomaly: 247.6601 deg
Mean motion: 14.35516967 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000038 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014092 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33760U 93036H 25125.85646001 .00000380 00000-0 14092-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 33760 74.0316 326.7823 0019885 123.6598 247.6601 14.35516967849552
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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