Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20654
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: 107.651 minutes
Inclination: 62.2877 deg
SMA: 7496.146 km
Apoapsis: 1668.653 km
Periapsis: 567.369 km
RAAN: 138.6089 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0734567
Argument of periapsis: 99.284 deg
Mean anomaly: 342.9886 deg
Mean motion: 13.37659836 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002032 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00081761 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 10:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18551U 68091DF 25127.93544413 .00002032 00000-0 81761-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 18551 62.2877 138.6089 0734567 99.2840 342.9886 13.37659836592279
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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