Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11652
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1993-036DL
Object number (NORAD): 33907
Object ID (CCSDS): 33907
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.852 minutes
Inclination: 74.0694 deg
SMA: 7177.135 km
Apoapsis: 889.821 km
Periapsis: 708.18 km
RAAN: 65.2766 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0126541
Argument of periapsis: 177.1195 deg
Mean anomaly: 2.3303 deg
Mean motion: 14.27828545 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003681 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013758 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 1:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33907U 93036DL 25130.58214512 .00003681 00000-0 13758-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33907 74.0694 65.2766 0126541 177.1195 2.3303 14.27828545834929
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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