Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11772
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
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: 1993-036EU
Object number (NORAD): 33939
Object ID (CCSDS): 33939
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.625 minutes
Inclination: 74.009 deg
SMA: 6975.139 km
Apoapsis: 606.061 km
Periapsis: 587.947 km
RAAN: 275.0405 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00129849
Argument of periapsis: 349.4728 deg
Mean anomaly: 10.618 deg
Mean motion: 14.90299093 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00029463 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0030180126 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 11:20 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33939U 93036EU 25250.47284085 .00029463 00000-0 30180-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33939 74.0090 275.0405 0012985 349.4728 10.6180 14.90299093873149
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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