Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11814
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: 1993-036J
Object number (NORAD): 33761
Object ID (CCSDS): 33761
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.841 minutes
Inclination: 74.0378 deg
SMA: 7129.045 km
Apoapsis: 766.14 km
Periapsis: 735.681 km
RAAN: 351.9178 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021363
Argument of periapsis: 87.1267 deg
Mean anomaly: 335.506 deg
Mean motion: 14.42300308 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001943 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00059498645 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 11:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33761U 93036J 25292.96445916 .00001943 00000-0 59499-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 33761 74.0378 351.9178 0021363 87.1267 335.5060 14.42300308874591
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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