Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11771
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036EB
Object number (NORAD): 33922
Object ID (CCSDS): 33922
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.375 minutes
Inclination: 74.0511 deg
SMA: 7106.882 km
Apoapsis: 744.138 km
Periapsis: 713.356 km
RAAN: 329.7439 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00216566
Argument of periapsis: 102.8575 deg
Mean anomaly: 17.6874 deg
Mean motion: 14.49052565 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002287 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060762367 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 3:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33922U 93036EB 25249.64522515 .00002287 00000-0 60762-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 33922 74.0511 329.7439 0021657 102.8575 17.6874 14.49052565871713
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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