Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20768
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 249 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 249 DEB
International designator: 1968-091CV
Object number (NORAD): 14430
Object ID (CCSDS): 14430
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 110.709 minutes
Inclination: 62.2377 deg
SMA: 7637.477 km
Apoapsis: 1783.901 km
Periapsis: 734.784 km
RAAN: 277.6711 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06868214
Argument of periapsis: 111.3554 deg
Mean anomaly: 5.2168 deg
Mean motion: 13.00702137 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001282 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014672784 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, 11:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14430U 68091CV 25241.49194264 .00001282 00000-0 14673-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 14430 62.2377 277.6711 0686821 111.3554 5.2168 13.00702137 62928
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 249 DEB.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 249 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1’, on board a Tsiklon-2A space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 20, 1968, 4:02 a.m. from 90/20.
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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 20, 1968, 4:02 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2A
Launch pad: 90/20
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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