Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11816
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036N
Object number (NORAD): 33765
Object ID (CCSDS): 33765
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.701 minutes
Inclination: 74.0103 deg
SMA: 6930.628 km
Apoapsis: 604.098 km
Periapsis: 500.888 km
RAAN: 280.7911 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00744592
Argument of periapsis: 23.8147 deg
Mean anomaly: 135.6107 deg
Mean motion: 15.04679061 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0003774 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0025110269 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 10:30 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33765U 93036N 25294.43814485 .00037740 00000-0 25110-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33765 74.0103 280.7911 0074459 23.8147 135.6107 15.04679061888302
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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