Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20815
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 252 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 252 DEB
International designator: 1968-097EP
Object number (NORAD): 18556
Object ID (CCSDS): 18556
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.435 minutes
Inclination: 62.1953 deg
SMA: 7346.12 km
Apoapsis: 1279.131 km
Periapsis: 656.838 km
RAAN: 258.0057 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04235517
Argument of periapsis: 197.1476 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.4872 deg
Mean motion: 13.78846012 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003569 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0018395241 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18556U 68097EP 25299.60310062 .00003569 00000-0 18395-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 18556 62.1953 258.0057 0423552 197.1476 161.4872 13.78846012465561
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 252 DEB.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 252 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2A | I2P 2’, on board a Tsiklon-2A space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 1, 1968, 12:27 a.m. from 90/20.
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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 1, 1968, 12:27 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2A
Launch pad: 90/20
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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