Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11711
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1993-036FP
Object number (NORAD): 33980
Object ID (CCSDS): 33980
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.81 minutes
Inclination: 74.0218 deg
SMA: 7079.912 km
Apoapsis: 723.193 km
Periapsis: 680.361 km
RAAN: 0.0052 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0030249
Argument of periapsis: 179.2431 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.6355 deg
Mean motion: 14.5734033 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002156 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047957 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33980U 93036FP 25188.81776038 .00002156 00000-0 47957-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 33980 74.0218 0.0052 0030249 179.2431 293.6355 14.57340330864932
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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