Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20873
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.4
Latest
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: 1968-091CY
Object number (NORAD): 15535
Object ID (CCSDS): 15535
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.312 minutes
Inclination: 62.3943 deg
SMA: 7103.881 km
Apoapsis: 981.198 km
Periapsis: 470.295 km
RAAN: 180.421 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0359594
Argument of periapsis: 154.7955 deg
Mean anomaly: 207.1159 deg
Mean motion: 14.49970686 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00019209 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021404 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 9:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 15535U 68091CY 25345.89602917 .00019209 00000-0 21404-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 15535 62.3943 180.4210 0359594 154.7955 207.1159 14.49970686929622
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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