Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20777
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: 1968-091DN
Object number (NORAD): 20011
Object ID (CCSDS): 20011
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.952 minutes
Inclination: 62.2242 deg
SMA: 7602.589 km
Apoapsis: 1703.517 km
Periapsis: 745.391 km
RAAN: 143.2209 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0630131
Argument of periapsis: 232.0882 deg
Mean anomaly: 122.1541 deg
Mean motion: 13.09665792 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000636 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00078049 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 15, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 8, 2025, 4:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 20011U 68091DN 25220.17843304 .00000636 00000-0 78049-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 20011 62.2242 143.2209 0630131 232.0882 122.1541 13.09665792600565
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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