Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20875
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: 109.898 minutes
Inclination: 62.2246 deg
SMA: 7600.111 km
Apoapsis: 1695.687 km
Periapsis: 748.266 km
RAAN: 187.2213 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06232942
Argument of periapsis: 261.9785 deg
Mean anomaly: 91.0085 deg
Mean motion: 13.1030636 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023306607 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 11:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 20011U 68091DN 25344.98355338 .00002057 00000-0 23307-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 20011 62.2246 187.2213 0623294 261.9785 91.0085 13.10306360618232
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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