Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
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: 1993-036BV
Object number (NORAD): 33828
Object ID (CCSDS): 33828
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.733 minutes
Inclination: 74.0462 deg
SMA: 7123.94 km
Apoapsis: 766.518 km
Periapsis: 725.091 km
RAAN: 59.8878 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00290759
Argument of periapsis: 160.2824 deg
Mean anomaly: 320.6928 deg
Mean motion: 14.43851075 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000247 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072872074 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33828U 93036BV 25248.93580353 .00002470 00000-0 72872-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33828 74.0462 59.8878 0029076 160.2824 320.6928 14.43851075869013
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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