Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11707
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036K
Object number (NORAD): 33762
Object ID (CCSDS): 33762
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.446 minutes
Inclination: 74.0405 deg
SMA: 7157.842 km
Apoapsis: 790.883 km
Periapsis: 768.531 km
RAAN: 244.6089 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015614
Argument of periapsis: 345.843 deg
Mean anomaly: 131.9216 deg
Mean motion: 14.33605379 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000027496 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 2:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33762U 93036K 25185.60015516 .00000050 00000-0 27496-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33762 74.0405 244.6089 0015614 345.8430 131.9216 14.33605379857385
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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