Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11527
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1993-036FY
Object number (NORAD): 33989
Object ID (CCSDS): 33989
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Jan. 6, 2025
Period: 96.948 minutes
Inclination: 74.0174 deg
SMA: 6990.68 km
Apoapsis: 632.848 km
Periapsis: 592.241 km
RAAN: 4.224 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029044
Argument of periapsis: 324.3436 deg
Mean anomaly: 35.5802 deg
Mean motion: 14.85332457 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00050162 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0057512 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 12, 2024, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 8:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33989U 93036FY 24042.84071226 .00050162 00000-0 57512-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 33989 74.0174 4.2240 0029044 324.3436 35.5802 14.85332457799081
Live tracking on map
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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