Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 104.977 minutes
Inclination: 74.0897 deg
SMA: 7371.497 km
Apoapsis: 1218.104 km
Periapsis: 768.619 km
RAAN: 277.1637 deg
Eccentricy: 0.030488
Argument of periapsis: 56.7636 deg
Mean anomaly: 51.1633 deg
Mean motion: 13.71731987 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000027 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023022 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33914U 93036DT 25187.69073992 .00000270 00000-0 23022-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 33914 74.0897 277.1637 0304880 56.7636 51.1633 13.71731987819415
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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