Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11648
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: 99.521 minutes
Inclination: 73.9233 deg
SMA: 7113.85 km
Apoapsis: 778.175 km
Periapsis: 693.255 km
RAAN: 109.193 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0059687
Argument of periapsis: 93.0967 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.7023 deg
Mean motion: 14.46923956 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001485 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00040752 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33928U 93036EH 25125.35234657 .00001485 00000-0 40752-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 33928 73.9233 109.1930 0059687 93.0967 267.7023 14.46923956854425
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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