Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036DJ
Object number (NORAD): 33905
Object ID (CCSDS): 33905
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.358 minutes
Inclination: 73.8872 deg
SMA: 7153.635 km
Apoapsis: 816.239 km
Periapsis: 734.76 km
RAAN: 135.7024 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00569487
Argument of periapsis: 42.4772 deg
Mean anomaly: 335.2989 deg
Mean motion: 14.34870276 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002621 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00091485229 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33905U 93036DJ 25249.95370205 .00002621 00000-0 91485-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 33905 73.8872 135.7024 0056949 42.4772 335.2989 14.34870276862993
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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