Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20873
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: 110.015 minutes
Inclination: 62.2364 deg
SMA: 7605.517 km
Apoapsis: 1713.329 km
Periapsis: 741.434 km
RAAN: 301.1385 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0638941
Argument of periapsis: 210.0658 deg
Mean anomaly: 181.5736 deg
Mean motion: 13.08909654 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001813 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020195 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 9:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18602U 68091DG 25344.89508550 .00001813 00000-0 20195-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 18602 62.2364 301.1385 0638941 210.0658 181.5736 13.08909654620853
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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