Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11706
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: 109.028 minutes
Inclination: 73.765 deg
SMA: 7559.928 km
Apoapsis: 1615.692 km
Periapsis: 747.894 km
RAAN: 239.8612 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0573946
Argument of periapsis: 182.1263 deg
Mean anomaly: 177.7383 deg
Mean motion: 13.20767121 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001158 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012159 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 1:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33894U 93036CX 25184.55205611 .00001158 00000-0 12159-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33894 73.7650 239.8612 0573946 182.1263 177.7383 13.20767121785663
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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