Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20874
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: 110.659 minutes
Inclination: 62.241 deg
SMA: 7635.155 km
Apoapsis: 1775.202 km
Periapsis: 738.839 km
RAAN: 18.1045 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06786787
Argument of periapsis: 133.9636 deg
Mean anomaly: 22.3003 deg
Mean motion: 13.01295575 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001392 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016084294 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 1:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14430U 68091CV 25345.57033392 .00001392 00000-0 16084-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 14430 62.2410 18.1045 0678679 133.9636 22.3003 13.01295575 76463
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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