Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11815
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036DK
Object number (NORAD): 33906
Object ID (CCSDS): 33906
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.91 minutes
Inclination: 74.0306 deg
SMA: 7084.693 km
Apoapsis: 732.59 km
Periapsis: 680.526 km
RAAN: 61.7145 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0036744
Argument of periapsis: 109.3037 deg
Mean anomaly: 4.8569 deg
Mean motion: 14.5586541 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013951 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0031508451 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 10:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33906U 93036DK 25293.92998699 .00013951 00000-0 31508-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 33906 74.0306 61.7145 0036744 109.3037 4.8569 14.55865410872394
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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