Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11769
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: 100.154 minutes
Inclination: 74.0345 deg
SMA: 7143.974 km
Apoapsis: 780.963 km
Periapsis: 750.716 km
RAAN: 98.4084 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00211698
Argument of periapsis: 211.7244 deg
Mean anomaly: 300.6985 deg
Mean motion: 14.37781623 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000893 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030462201 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 1:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33942U 93036EX 25247.04494711 .00000893 00000-0 30462-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 33942 74.0345 98.4084 0021170 211.7244 300.6985 14.37781623867016
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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