Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11709
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: 100.159 minutes
Inclination: 74.0345 deg
SMA: 7144.196 km
Apoapsis: 781.426 km
Periapsis: 750.696 km
RAAN: 208.195 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021507
Argument of periapsis: 331.2901 deg
Mean anomaly: 146.322 deg
Mean motion: 14.37714634 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000366 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001303 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:46 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33942U 93036EX 25187.40699672 .00000366 00000-0 13030-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 33942 74.0345 208.1950 0021507 331.2901 146.3220 14.37714634858442
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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