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
62.3
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: 1968-091DA
Object number (NORAD): 15775
Object ID (CCSDS): 15775
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 110.881 minutes
Inclination: 62.3018 deg
SMA: 7645.351 km
Apoapsis: 1767.993 km
Periapsis: 766.438 km
RAAN: 195.4356 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06550096
Argument of periapsis: 286.0838 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.9023 deg
Mean motion: 12.98693443 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002056 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026493597 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 7, 2025, 5:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 7, 2025, 12:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 15775U 68091DA 25341.01636603 .00002056 00000-0 26494-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 15775 62.3018 195.4356 0655010 286.0838 66.9023 12.98693443542626
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 249 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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