Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.4
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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: 1968-091CY
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: 99.614 minutes
Inclination: 62.3961 deg
SMA: 7118.279 km
Apoapsis: 1018.845 km
Periapsis: 461.443 km
RAAN: 317.3923 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0391529
Argument of periapsis: 118.1383 deg
Mean anomaly: 245.9828 deg
Mean motion: 14.45573702 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012615 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013718 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 6:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 15535U 68091CY 25188.75460166 .00012615 00000-0 13718-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 15535 62.3961 317.3923 0391529 118.1383 245.9828 14.45573702906876
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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