Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20644
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
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 252 DEB *.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 252 DEB *
International designator: 1968-097EQ
Object number (NORAD): 18597
Object ID (CCSDS): 18597
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 112.95 minutes
Inclination: 62.263 deg
SMA: 7740.199 km
Apoapsis: 1947.148 km
Periapsis: 776.98 km
RAAN: 176.269 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0755903
Argument of periapsis: 324.811 deg
Mean anomaly: 30.5096 deg
Mean motion: 12.74895424 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000882 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013801 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, 3:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 18597U 68097EQ 25127.14314190 .00000882 00000-0 13801-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 18597 62.2630 176.2690 0755903 324.8110 30.5096 12.74895424532324
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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