Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20768
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.4
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: 1968-091DF
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: 107.606 minutes
Inclination: 62.2892 deg
SMA: 7494.051 km
Apoapsis: 1662.218 km
Periapsis: 569.613 km
RAAN: 196.8164 deg
Eccentricy: 0.07289812
Argument of periapsis: 124.5809 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.764 deg
Mean motion: 13.38220946 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001754 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072048811 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 7:47 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18551U 68091DF 25241.32446374 .00001754 00000-0 72049-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 18551 62.2892 196.8164 0728981 124.5809 23.7640 13.38220946607441
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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