Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 1993-036AL
Object number (NORAD): 33795
Object ID (CCSDS): 33795
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.152 minutes
Inclination: 74.035 deg
SMA: 6952.381 km
Apoapsis: 605.989 km
Periapsis: 542.503 km
RAAN: 37.9768 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0045658
Argument of periapsis: 165.922 deg
Mean anomaly: 262.0179 deg
Mean motion: 14.97622627 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009251 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007767 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33795U 93036AL 25188.94681921 .00009251 00000-0 77670-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 33795 74.0350 37.9768 0045658 165.9220 262.0179 14.97622627876544
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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