Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
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: 1993-036X
Object number (NORAD): 33782
Object ID (CCSDS): 33782
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.996 minutes
Inclination: 74.0315 deg
SMA: 7136.452 km
Apoapsis: 773.637 km
Periapsis: 742.997 km
RAAN: 101.8207 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00214673
Argument of periapsis: 197.1977 deg
Mean anomaly: 317.4457 deg
Mean motion: 14.40055642 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001557 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00050072278 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 1:41 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33782U 93036X 25247.07025197 .00001557 00000-0 50072-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 33782 74.0315 101.8207 0021467 197.1977 317.4457 14.40055642866917
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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