Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
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: 1993-036CX
Object number (NORAD): 33894
Object ID (CCSDS): 33894
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 108.984 minutes
Inclination: 73.7679 deg
SMA: 7557.896 km
Apoapsis: 1617.772 km
Periapsis: 741.75 km
RAAN: 350.2214 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0579541
Argument of periapsis: 269.7288 deg
Mean anomaly: 83.7417 deg
Mean motion: 13.21299903 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002649 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.002681 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 12:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33894U 93036CX 25346.00211277 .00002649 00000-0 26810-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33894 73.7679 350.2214 0579541 269.7288 83.7417 13.21299903806988
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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