Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 at a glance.
Uptime
20713
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: 111.032 minutes
Inclination: 62.3553 deg
SMA: 7652.296 km
Apoapsis: 2027.505 km
Periapsis: 520.817 km
RAAN: 54.504 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0984468
Argument of periapsis: 310.165 deg
Mean anomaly: 41.7053 deg
Mean motion: 12.96925878 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000056 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000019955 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 8:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249
TLE line 1: 1 3504U 68091A 25186.84714483 -.00000056 00000-0 19955-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 3504 62.3553 54.5040 0984468 310.1650 41.7053 12.96925878675185
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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