COSMOS 249 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

20874

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.8

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: 1968-091DD

Object number (NORAD): 18468

Object ID (CCSDS): 18468

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 112.348 minutes

Inclination: 62.2547 deg

SMA: 7712.64 km

Apoapsis: 1930.82 km

Periapsis: 738.191 km

RAAN: 247.8377 deg

Eccentricy: 0.07731655

Argument of periapsis: 47.975 deg

Mean anomaly: 318.4464 deg

Mean motion: 12.81734735 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002549 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0030973261 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 1:02 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 9, 2025, 2:03 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 18468U 68091DD 25343.08571187 .00002549 00000-0 30973-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 18468 62.2547 247.8377 0773165 47.9750 318.4464 12.81734735575103

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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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2024-10-13 08:26:00	0.0001632305	132.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
BREEZE-KM R/B	SSO	2024-10-04 17:58:28	0.0001027606	185.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 872	LEO	2024-10-01 02:32:25	0.0001245386	337.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 1867 COOLANT	LEO	2024-09-26 15:08:48	0.0001430798	474.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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