Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036CJ
Object number (NORAD): 33841
Object ID (CCSDS): 33841
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.168 minutes
Inclination: 74.0357 deg
SMA: 7144.615 km
Apoapsis: 782.029 km
Periapsis: 750.931 km
RAAN: 209.2787 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021763
Argument of periapsis: 329.3794 deg
Mean anomaly: 152.4277 deg
Mean motion: 14.37588212 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000352 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012574 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 12:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33841U 93036CJ 25188.51896955 .00000352 00000-0 12574-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33841 74.0357 209.2787 0021763 329.3794 152.4277 14.37588212858402
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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