Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11768
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: 99.854 minutes
Inclination: 74.0344 deg
SMA: 7129.707 km
Apoapsis: 768.184 km
Periapsis: 734.96 km
RAAN: 79.638 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00232996
Argument of periapsis: 189.2134 deg
Mean anomaly: 240.9502 deg
Mean motion: 14.42099465 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002498 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00076539456 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33761U 93036J 25245.65775625 .00002498 00000-0 76539-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33761 74.0344 79.6380 0023300 189.2134 240.9502 14.42099465867774
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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