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
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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: 1993-036CZ
Object number (NORAD): 33896
Object ID (CCSDS): 33896
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.477 minutes
Inclination: 73.7665 deg
SMA: 7206.728 km
Apoapsis: 919.729 km
Periapsis: 737.456 km
RAAN: 155.2765 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01264607
Argument of periapsis: 330.8755 deg
Mean anomaly: 84.0652 deg
Mean motion: 14.19043166 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000233 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010420005 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 12:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33896U 93036CZ 25347.51445735 .00002330 00000-0 10420-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 33896 73.7665 155.2765 0126461 330.8755 84.0652 14.19043166867514
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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