Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036DK
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: 98.828 minutes
Inclination: 74.0308 deg
SMA: 7080.787 km
Apoapsis: 728.587 km
Periapsis: 676.718 km
RAAN: 322.9093 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0036626
Argument of periapsis: 352.4042 deg
Mean anomaly: 62.8505 deg
Mean motion: 14.57070035 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00014371 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0031623 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 11:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33906U 93036DK 25345.98434905 .00014371 00000-0 31623-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33906 74.0308 322.9093 0036626 352.4042 62.8505 14.57070035879974
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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