Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11818
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: 99.718 minutes
Inclination: 74.0468 deg
SMA: 7123.201 km
Apoapsis: 764.782 km
Periapsis: 725.351 km
RAAN: 331.4258 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027678
Argument of periapsis: 56.2516 deg
Mean anomaly: 94.0761 deg
Mean motion: 14.44075642 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.000018 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00053082 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 12:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33828U 93036BV 25296.53814478 .00001800 00000-0 53082-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 33828 74.0468 331.4258 0027678 56.2516 94.0761 14.44075642875886
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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