Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
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: 1993-036EZ
Object number (NORAD): 33944
Object ID (CCSDS): 33944
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.212 minutes
Inclination: 74.0388 deg
SMA: 7146.739 km
Apoapsis: 850.31 km
Periapsis: 686.897 km
RAAN: 239.756 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0114327
Argument of periapsis: 18.0424 deg
Mean anomaly: 97.6113 deg
Mean motion: 14.36947496 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000412 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013759 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 2:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33944U 93036EZ 25188.60502851 .00000412 00000-0 13759-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 33944 74.0388 239.7560 0114327 18.0424 97.6113 14.36947496857565
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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