Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11708
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: 100.813 minutes
Inclination: 74.0701 deg
SMA: 7175.276 km
Apoapsis: 887.65 km
Periapsis: 706.633 km
RAAN: 324.3179 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0126139
Argument of periapsis: 61.4979 deg
Mean anomaly: 329.5615 deg
Mean motion: 14.28383474 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004325 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015971 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:12 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33907U 93036DL 25186.38397046 .00004325 00000-0 15971-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33907 74.0701 324.3179 0126139 61.4979 329.5615 14.28383474842896
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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