Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 98.374 minutes
Inclination: 74.0388 deg
SMA: 7059.063 km
Apoapsis: 742.112 km
Periapsis: 619.744 km
RAAN: 152.5695 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0086675
Argument of periapsis: 305.403 deg
Mean anomaly: 173.6228 deg
Mean motion: 14.63801448 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000993 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018637 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33839U 93036CG 25187.35077625 .00000993 00000-0 18637-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33839 74.0388 152.5695 0086675 305.4030 173.6228 14.63801448872474
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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