COSMOS 2251 DEB, 47045

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 47045 is space debris in LEO originally from a launch on Wed, 16 Jun 1993 UTC launched from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). The debris from Iridium 33, an American commercial communications satellite, has been tracked extensively since its accidental collision with the defunct Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 in 2009. This event, occurring at high speed in low Earth orbit (LEO), generated thousands of pieces of space debris, significantly increasing the risk of further collisions. The Iridium 33 debris cloud has impacted space traffic management and orbital debris mitigation strategies, making it a subject of ongoing study in space situational awareness.

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Identifier

47045, 1993-036BWZ

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

4 days ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

1993-06-16 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 4 days ago

0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
1 47045U 93036BWZ 25195.91472581  .00000112  00000-0  44986-4 0  9999
2 47045  74.0582  66.9455 0030271 247.0283 132.6129 14.38796395 56361

Epoch: 2025-07-14T21:57Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-14T21:57:12.309Z)

Latitude

19.10475°

Longitude

170.2753°

Altitude

779.279 km

Speed

7.458 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 50m 22s

True Declination

18° 59' 56"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-18.18152°

Longitude

-17.50611°

Altitude

752.549 km

Speed

7.486 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 17m 30s

Apparent Declination

-46° 17' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:21:53

Azimuth

123.739° SE

Elevation

-36.242°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

781.705 km

Perigee altitude

738.489 km

Semi-major axis

7,138.234 km

Eccentricity

0.00303

Inclination

74.0582°

RAAN

66.9455°

Arg. of periapsis

247.0283°

True anomaly

132.86753°

Mean anomaly

132.6129°

Eccentric anomaly

132.74028°

Mean motion

3.59879 °/min

Orbital period

100.03 mins

BSTAR

0.000044986

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Other satellites on launch #36 in the year 1993 (1993-06-16 UTC)

COSMOS 2251, 22675

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 33785

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34756

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34757 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34758

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34759 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34760

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34761

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34762 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34763 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34781 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34782 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34783 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34784

COSMOS 2251 DEB, 34785 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2251 DEB Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2025-07-19 00:52:16.016Z	14.254° NNE	2025-07-19 00:56:16.016Z	65.408° ENE	18.049°	2025-07-19 00:59:16.016Z	101.743° ESE
8 mins	2025-07-19 02:34:16.016Z	327.277° NNW	2025-07-19 02:38:16.016Z	246.72° WSW	38.611°	2025-07-19 02:42:16.016Z	182.729° SSW
8 mins	2025-07-19 15:28:16.016Z	170.113° S	2025-07-19 15:31:16.016Z	109.498° ESE	38.048°	2025-07-19 15:36:16.016Z	29.833° NE
6 mins	2025-07-19 17:11:16.016Z	268.156° W	2025-07-19 17:13:16.016Z	295.45° NW	19.077°	2025-07-19 17:17:16.016Z	346.691° N

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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