Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 96.0 minutes
Inclination: 74.0063 deg
SMA: 6945.034 km
Apoapsis: 569.529 km
Periapsis: 564.268 km
RAAN: 78.7846 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00037877
Argument of periapsis: 53.6268 deg
Mean anomaly: 306.5268 deg
Mean motion: 14.9999981 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00035807 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0028663798 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33939U 93036EU 25347.64487207 .00035807 00000-0 28664-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 33939 74.0063 78.7846 0003788 53.6268 306.5268 14.99999810887669
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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