Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11655
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1993-036DT
Object number (NORAD): 33914
Object ID (CCSDS): 33914
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.98 minutes
Inclination: 74.0914 deg
SMA: 7371.67 km
Apoapsis: 1219.035 km
Periapsis: 768.034 km
RAAN: 5.8387 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0305901
Argument of periapsis: 158.019 deg
Mean anomaly: 283.8354 deg
Mean motion: 13.7168369 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000386 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0003229 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 8:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33914U 93036DT 25133.86360530 .00000386 00000-0 32290-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 33914 74.0914 5.8387 0305901 158.0190 283.8354 13.71683690811625
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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