Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20714
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: 101.504 minutes
Inclination: 62.7757 deg
SMA: 7208.009 km
Apoapsis: 1163.295 km
Periapsis: 496.453 km
RAAN: 288.2305 deg
Eccentricy: 0.046257
Argument of periapsis: 7.5517 deg
Mean anomaly: 353.2197 deg
Mean motion: 14.18664663 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003357 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00057262 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:56 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 19362U 68091DJ 25187.37232469 .00003357 00000-0 57262-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 19362 62.7757 288.2305 0462570 7.5517 353.2197 14.18664663870778
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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