Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11708
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: 1993-036FE
Object number (NORAD): 33971
Object ID (CCSDS): 33971
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.044 minutes
Inclination: 74.0231 deg
SMA: 7138.729 km
Apoapsis: 774.704 km
Periapsis: 746.484 km
RAAN: 189.9134 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019765
Argument of periapsis: 329.3903 deg
Mean anomaly: 181.7396 deg
Mean motion: 14.39366566 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000596 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019991 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 10:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33971U 93036FE 25186.42964786 .00000596 00000-0 19991-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33971 74.0231 189.9134 0019765 329.3903 181.7396 14.39366566858324
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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