COSMOS 249 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

20713

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: 107.623 minutes

Inclination: 62.2919 deg

SMA: 7494.86 km

Apoapsis: 1666.309 km

Periapsis: 567.142 km

RAAN: 342.4752 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0733281

Argument of periapsis: 112.338 deg

Mean anomaly: 329.3236 deg

Mean motion: 13.38004072 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003048 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0011995 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 2:38 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 18551U 68091DF 25186.60996382 .00003048 00000-0 11995-2 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 18551 62.2919 342.4752 0733281 112.3380 329.3236 13.38004072600125

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-12-08 00:01:03 0.0001941575 125.0 (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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Launch to space Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1
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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