Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20770
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.3
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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: 1968-091DA
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: 110.923 minutes
Inclination: 62.3027 deg
SMA: 7647.307 km
Apoapsis: 1770.241 km
Periapsis: 768.102 km
RAAN: 76.8093 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06552232
Argument of periapsis: 264.4838 deg
Mean anomaly: 88.1131 deg
Mean motion: 12.98195248 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000822 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011332941 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 5:37 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 12:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 15775U 68091DA 25243.51924510 .00000822 00000-0 11333-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 15775 62.3027 76.8093 0655223 264.4838 88.1131 12.98195248529960
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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