Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11773
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: 99.507 minutes
Inclination: 73.9234 deg
SMA: 7113.153 km
Apoapsis: 778.545 km
Periapsis: 691.49 km
RAAN: 232.047 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00611926
Argument of periapsis: 189.7248 deg
Mean anomaly: 170.2732 deg
Mean motion: 14.47136756 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000962 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026547689 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:13 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33928U 93036EH 25251.38457212 .00000962 00000-0 26548-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33928 73.9234 232.0470 0061193 189.7248 170.2732 14.47136756872656
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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