Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20862
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 252 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 252 DEB
International designator: 1968-097EE
Object number (NORAD): 19294
Object ID (CCSDS): 19294
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.644 minutes
Inclination: 62.2478 deg
SMA: 7588.408 km
Apoapsis: 1677.679 km
Periapsis: 742.867 km
RAAN: 100.5491 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06159476
Argument of periapsis: 273.2831 deg
Mean anomaly: 79.7928 deg
Mean motion: 13.13338685 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000502 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0053432365 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 7, 2025, 5:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 7, 2025, 7:21 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 19294U 68097EE 25341.30651557 .00005020 00000-0 53432-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 19294 62.2478 100.5491 0615948 273.2831 79.7928 13.13338685780069
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 252 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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