Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11711
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1993-036BX
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: 97.664 minutes
Inclination: 74.0318 deg
SMA: 7025.043 km
Apoapsis: 679.495 km
Periapsis: 614.322 km
RAAN: 178.1247 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0046386
Argument of periapsis: 337.6806 deg
Mean anomaly: 172.8159 deg
Mean motion: 14.74447282 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003765 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00056202 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 9:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33830U 93036BX 25189.41285294 .00003765 00000-0 56202-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 33830 74.0318 178.1247 0046386 337.6806 172.8159 14.74447282871510
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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