Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11652
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1993-036EB
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: 99.399 minutes
Inclination: 74.0475 deg
SMA: 7108.005 km
Apoapsis: 746.598 km
Periapsis: 713.142 km
RAAN: 192.7013 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023534
Argument of periapsis: 353.4978 deg
Mean anomaly: 127.427 deg
Mean motion: 14.48709096 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000126 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034031 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 2:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33922U 93036EB 25130.60696089 .00001260 00000-0 34031-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33922 74.0475 192.7013 0023534 353.4978 127.4270 14.48709096854476
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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