Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11655
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036BX
Object number (NORAD): 33830
Object ID (CCSDS): 33830
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.696 minutes
Inclination: 74.0334 deg
SMA: 7026.591 km
Apoapsis: 680.804 km
Periapsis: 616.107 km
RAAN: 286.4851 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0046037
Argument of periapsis: 103.1334 deg
Mean anomaly: 60.6798 deg
Mean motion: 14.73960242 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006063 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00091183 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 9:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33830U 93036BX 25133.90571868 .00006063 00000-0 91183-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33830 74.0334 286.4851 0046037 103.1334 60.6798 14.73960242863336
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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