Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
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: 101.228 minutes
Inclination: 73.8007 deg
SMA: 7194.923 km
Apoapsis: 900.712 km
Periapsis: 732.863 km
RAAN: 139.9621 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0116644
Argument of periapsis: 210.8003 deg
Mean anomaly: 272.0271 deg
Mean motion: 14.22537005 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001523 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00064769 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 10:58 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33892U 93036CV 25128.45762397 .00001523 00000-0 64769-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 33892 73.8007 139.9621 0116644 210.8003 272.0271 14.22537005838503
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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