Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11827
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: 98.347 minutes
Inclination: 74.0386 deg
SMA: 7057.778 km
Apoapsis: 738.644 km
Periapsis: 620.642 km
RAAN: 285.9623 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00835974
Argument of periapsis: 48.4463 deg
Mean anomaly: 77.7644 deg
Mean motion: 14.64201231 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002118 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038816479 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 1, 2025, 7:40 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 1, 2025, 8:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33839U 93036CG 25305.36781427 .00002118 00000-0 38816-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 33839 74.0386 285.9623 0083597 48.4463 77.7644 14.64201231889747
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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