Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11869
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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: 1993-036FJ
Object number (NORAD): 33975
Object ID (CCSDS): 33975
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.818 minutes
Inclination: 73.8021 deg
SMA: 7270.106 km
Apoapsis: 1031.041 km
Periapsis: 752.902 km
RAAN: 82.8408 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01912899
Argument of periapsis: 215.5909 deg
Mean anomaly: 143.2345 deg
Mean motion: 14.00527395 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001519 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00088790057 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33975U 93036FJ 25347.65688761 .00001519 00000-0 88790-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 33975 73.8021 82.8408 0191290 215.5909 143.2345 14.00527395858428
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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