Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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: 1993-036CV
Object number (NORAD): 33892
Object ID (CCSDS): 33892
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.171 minutes
Inclination: 73.8027 deg
SMA: 7192.24 km
Apoapsis: 895.301 km
Periapsis: 732.909 km
RAAN: 103.7951 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01128939
Argument of periapsis: 135.2175 deg
Mean anomaly: 16.048 deg
Mean motion: 14.2333295 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003257 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013560055 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 6:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33892U 93036CV 25345.78729405 .00003257 00000-0 13560-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 33892 73.8027 103.7951 0112894 135.2175 16.0480 14.23332950869418
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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