Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11770
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: 1993-036FD
Object number (NORAD): 33948
Object ID (CCSDS): 33948
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.315 minutes
Inclination: 74.0349 deg
SMA: 7151.637 km
Apoapsis: 790.902 km
Periapsis: 756.101 km
RAAN: 124.6306 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00243302
Argument of periapsis: 228.9358 deg
Mean anomaly: 130.9693 deg
Mean motion: 14.35471613 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000597 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021607598 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 9:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33948U 93036FD 25248.89829073 .00000597 00000-0 21608-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33948 74.0349 124.6306 0024330 228.9358 130.9693 14.35471613866193
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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