Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11868
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 104.957 minutes
Inclination: 74.0915 deg
SMA: 7370.591 km
Apoapsis: 1214.476 km
Periapsis: 770.435 km
RAAN: 16.0785 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03012248
Argument of periapsis: 119.2639 deg
Mean anomaly: 300.321 deg
Mean motion: 13.71984802 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000687 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00056313627 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33914U 93036DT 25346.14290167 .00000687 00000-0 56314-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33914 74.0915 16.0785 0301225 119.2639 300.3210 13.71984802840733
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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