Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 100.386 minutes
Inclination: 74.0442 deg
SMA: 7154.976 km
Apoapsis: 853.737 km
Periapsis: 699.945 km
RAAN: 323.9515 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0107472
Argument of periapsis: 94.7083 deg
Mean anomaly: 333.9879 deg
Mean motion: 14.34466823 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000968 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033065 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 11:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33915U 93036DU 25188.49252302 .00000968 00000-0 33065-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33915 74.0442 323.9515 0107472 94.7083 333.9879 14.34466823854880
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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