Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11711
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036ER
Object number (NORAD): 33936
Object ID (CCSDS): 33936
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.704 minutes
Inclination: 74.0192 deg
SMA: 7074.827 km
Apoapsis: 717.253 km
Periapsis: 676.132 km
RAAN: 338.8719 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029062
Argument of periapsis: 168.0077 deg
Mean anomaly: 192.1787 deg
Mean motion: 14.58911647 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002199 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047278 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, 8:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33936U 93036ER 25188.84053577 .00002199 00000-0 47278-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 33936 74.0192 338.8719 0029062 168.0077 192.1787 14.58911647865860
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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