Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11652
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: 99.753 minutes
Inclination: 74.0458 deg
SMA: 7124.886 km
Apoapsis: 767.637 km
Periapsis: 725.865 km
RAAN: 279.2184 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029314
Argument of periapsis: 48.0988 deg
Mean anomaly: 113.0378 deg
Mean motion: 14.43563544 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001583 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047253 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 8:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33828U 93036BV 25130.86547394 .00001583 00000-0 47253-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 33828 74.0458 279.2184 0029314 48.0988 113.0378 14.43563544851975
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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