Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20822
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.1
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 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: 110.045 minutes
Inclination: 62.2361 deg
SMA: 7606.883 km
Apoapsis: 1720.174 km
Periapsis: 737.321 km
RAAN: 76.2684 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06460286
Argument of periapsis: 197.3321 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.0439 deg
Mean motion: 13.08557111 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006236 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0066061361 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 9:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18602U 68091DG 25291.41252381 .00006236 00000-0 66061-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 18602 62.2361 76.2684 0646029 197.3321 195.0439 13.08557111613851
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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