Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1993-036EX
Object number (NORAD): 33942
Object ID (CCSDS): 33942
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.163 minutes
Inclination: 74.0356 deg
SMA: 7144.389 km
Apoapsis: 780.68 km
Periapsis: 751.829 km
RAAN: 312.7333 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020191
Argument of periapsis: 93.4078 deg
Mean anomaly: 337.5455 deg
Mean motion: 14.37656348 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000704 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024258 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 2:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33942U 93036EX 25130.61737131 .00000704 00000-0 24258-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 33942 74.0356 312.7333 0020191 93.4078 337.5455 14.37656348850286
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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