Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 at a glance.
Uptime
20769
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.0
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 249.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 249
International designator: 1968-091A
Object number (NORAD): 3504
Object ID (CCSDS): 3504
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 111.031 minutes
Inclination: 62.3514 deg
SMA: 7652.241 km
Apoapsis: 2030.162 km
Periapsis: 518.049 km
RAAN: 275.0219 deg
Eccentricy: 0.09880193
Argument of periapsis: 321.7864 deg
Mean anomaly: 31.6894 deg
Mean motion: 12.96939868 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000028 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012419698 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 7:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249
TLE line 1: 1 03504U 68091A 25242.82338737 .00000280 00000-0 12420-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 03504 62.3514 275.0219 0988019 321.7864 31.6894 12.96939868682825
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 249.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 249 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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