Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20769
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: 101.429 minutes
Inclination: 62.7716 deg
SMA: 7204.463 km
Apoapsis: 1161.302 km
Periapsis: 491.354 km
RAAN: 126.8972 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04649535
Argument of periapsis: 15.4857 deg
Mean anomaly: 345.9886 deg
Mean motion: 14.19712166 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013759 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021652687 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 10:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 19362U 68091DJ 25241.42007737 .00013759 00000-0 21653-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 19362 62.7716 126.8972 0464954 15.4857 345.9886 14.19712166878441
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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