Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20658
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.8
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: 1968-091DJ
Object number (NORAD): 19362
Object ID (CCSDS): 19362
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.561 minutes
Inclination: 62.776 deg
SMA: 7210.733 km
Apoapsis: 1163.935 km
Periapsis: 501.26 km
RAAN: 98.6888 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0459506
Argument of periapsis: 359.1193 deg
Mean anomaly: 0.9005 deg
Mean motion: 14.17861012 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00019658 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0033296 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 4:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 19362U 68091DJ 25130.19619979 .00019658 00000-0 33296-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 19362 62.7760 98.6888 0459506 359.1193 0.9005 14.17861012862661
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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