Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20762
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: 104.512 minutes
Inclination: 62.1933 deg
SMA: 7349.723 km
Apoapsis: 1290.532 km
Periapsis: 652.644 km
RAAN: 47.0789 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04339538
Argument of periapsis: 182.4935 deg
Mean anomaly: 177.3938 deg
Mean motion: 13.77832073 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00015944 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0079098223 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 3:43 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18556U 68097EP 25247.15504612 .00015944 00000-0 79098-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 18556 62.1933 47.0789 0433954 182.4935 177.3938 13.77832073458338
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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