Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20818
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.4
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: 1968-091DF
Object number (NORAD): 18551
Object ID (CCSDS): 18551
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.566 minutes
Inclination: 62.2917 deg
SMA: 7492.191 km
Apoapsis: 1656.963 km
Periapsis: 571.149 km
RAAN: 62.3079 deg
Eccentricy: 0.07246302
Argument of periapsis: 135.8328 deg
Mean anomaly: 18.4745 deg
Mean motion: 13.38719168 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007833 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0030759938 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 7:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18551U 68091DF 25291.83071522 .00007833 00000-0 30760-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 18551 62.2917 62.3079 0724630 135.8328 18.4745 13.38719168614207
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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