Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11656
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: 100.172 minutes
Inclination: 74.0368 deg
SMA: 7144.798 km
Apoapsis: 781.247 km
Periapsis: 752.08 km
RAAN: 308.5507 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020411
Argument of periapsis: 85.1031 deg
Mean anomaly: 336.8251 deg
Mean motion: 14.375329 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000602 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020904 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 5:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 14, 2025, 1:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33841U 93036CJ 25134.57504608 .00000602 00000-0 20904-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33841 74.0368 308.5507 0020411 85.1031 336.8251 14.37532900850659
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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