Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20714
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.2
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: 1968-091DG
Object number (NORAD): 18602
Object ID (CCSDS): 18602
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 110.083 minutes
Inclination: 62.2331 deg
SMA: 7608.638 km
Apoapsis: 1729.355 km
Periapsis: 731.651 km
RAAN: 340.2287 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0655639
Argument of periapsis: 173.3501 deg
Mean anomaly: 343.6656 deg
Mean motion: 13.08104387 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002611 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0027587 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 4:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18602U 68091DG 25186.88262841 .00002611 00000-0 27587-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 18602 62.2331 340.2287 0655639 173.3501 343.6656 13.08104387600178
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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