Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11767
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: 105.195 minutes
Inclination: 74.1052 deg
SMA: 7381.717 km
Apoapsis: 1249.734 km
Periapsis: 757.431 km
RAAN: 287.8206 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03334612
Argument of periapsis: 51.2936 deg
Mean anomaly: 311.7501 deg
Mean motion: 13.68883959 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000868 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00069787009 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33917U 93036DW 25245.81367761 .00000868 00000-0 69787-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 33917 74.1052 287.8206 0333461 51.2936 311.7501 13.68883959823521
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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