Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11768
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1993-036DU
Object number (NORAD): 33915
Object ID (CCSDS): 33915
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.375 minutes
Inclination: 74.0422 deg
SMA: 7154.488 km
Apoapsis: 853.733 km
Periapsis: 698.973 km
RAAN: 218.6078 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01081555
Argument of periapsis: 334.5417 deg
Mean anomaly: 89.422 deg
Mean motion: 14.34613508 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004124 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013743149 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 12:36 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33915U 93036DU 25246.02507936 .00004124 00000-0 13743-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33915 74.0422 218.6078 0108156 334.5417 89.4220 14.34613508863133
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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