Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 96.805 minutes
Inclination: 74.0123 deg
SMA: 6983.817 km
Apoapsis: 616.081 km
Periapsis: 595.282 km
RAAN: 40.7009 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014891
Argument of periapsis: 151.0583 deg
Mean anomaly: 209.1426 deg
Mean motion: 14.87522373 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00016332 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017962 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33939U 93036EU 25187.64063458 .00016332 00000-0 17962-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 33939 74.0123 40.7009 0014891 151.0583 209.1426 14.87522373864017
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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