Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11815
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036DS
Object number (NORAD): 33913
Object ID (CCSDS): 33913
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.438 minutes
Inclination: 74.0329 deg
SMA: 7109.868 km
Apoapsis: 764.993 km
Periapsis: 698.473 km
RAAN: 282.5165 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00467802
Argument of periapsis: 36.1638 deg
Mean anomaly: 41.4398 deg
Mean motion: 14.48139629 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003487 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0009303744 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, 10:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33913U 93036DS 25293.95160150 .00003487 00000-0 93037-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 33913 74.0329 282.5165 0046780 36.1638 41.4398 14.48139629876936
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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