Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036EH
Object number (NORAD): 33928
Object ID (CCSDS): 33928
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.514 minutes
Inclination: 73.9261 deg
SMA: 7113.471 km
Apoapsis: 779.112 km
Periapsis: 691.559 km
RAAN: 349.651 deg
Eccentricy: 0.006154
Argument of periapsis: 319.0471 deg
Mean anomaly: 40.6073 deg
Mean motion: 14.47039701 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000462 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013206 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33928U 93036EH 25188.88880256 .00000462 00000-0 13206-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 33928 73.9261 349.6510 0061540 319.0471 40.6073 14.47039701863614
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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