Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
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: 96.937 minutes
Inclination: 74.0114 deg
SMA: 6990.166 km
Apoapsis: 622.878 km
Periapsis: 601.184 km
RAAN: 159.9527 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015517
Argument of periapsis: 288.0356 deg
Mean anomaly: 71.9132 deg
Mean motion: 14.85496167 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00017941 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020721 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 7:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33939U 93036EU 25127.81556434 .00017941 00000-0 20721-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 33939 74.0114 159.9527 0015517 288.0356 71.9132 14.85496167854905
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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