Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11772
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036CG
Object number (NORAD): 33839
Object ID (CCSDS): 33839
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.363 minutes
Inclination: 74.0412 deg
SMA: 7058.514 km
Apoapsis: 740.372 km
Periapsis: 620.386 km
RAAN: 30.6788 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0084994
Argument of periapsis: 168.5662 deg
Mean anomaly: 314.7917 deg
Mean motion: 14.63972221 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002342 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00043012476 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 8:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33839U 93036CG 25250.83987876 .00002342 00000-0 43012-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 33839 74.0412 30.6788 0084994 168.5662 314.7917 14.63972221881765
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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