Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11763
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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: 1993-036FZ
Object number (NORAD): 33990
Object ID (CCSDS): 33990
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.683 minutes
Inclination: 73.9256 deg
SMA: 7451.15 km
Apoapsis: 1376.152 km
Periapsis: 769.879 km
RAAN: 94.2104 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04068314
Argument of periapsis: 134.1827 deg
Mean anomaly: 343.1911 deg
Mean motion: 13.49794864 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00055595675 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 10:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33990U 93036FZ 25241.93199610 .00000570 00000-0 55596-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 33990 73.9256 94.2104 0406831 134.1827 343.1911 13.49794864813151
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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