Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11813
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: 1993-036DW
Object number (NORAD): 33917
Object ID (CCSDS): 33917
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.176 minutes
Inclination: 74.1084 deg
SMA: 7380.82 km
Apoapsis: 1249.752 km
Periapsis: 755.618 km
RAAN: 212.499 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03347419
Argument of periapsis: 325.5914 deg
Mean anomaly: 32.3921 deg
Mean motion: 13.69133518 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000368 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0028878806 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 6:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33917U 93036DW 25291.77669129 .00003680 00000-0 28879-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 33917 74.1084 212.4990 0334742 325.5914 32.3921 13.69133518829816
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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