Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20778
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: 99.525 minutes
Inclination: 62.3943 deg
SMA: 7114.023 km
Apoapsis: 1007.389 km
Periapsis: 464.387 km
RAAN: 121.6849 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0381642
Argument of periapsis: 132.5024 deg
Mean anomaly: 230.8963 deg
Mean motion: 14.46871225 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00014308 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015713337 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 6:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 15535U 68091CY 25250.77672314 .00014308 00000-0 15713-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 15535 62.3943 121.6849 0381642 132.5024 230.8963 14.46871225915848
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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