Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 at a glance.
Uptime
20817
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.0
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.3
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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: 111.026 minutes
Inclination: 62.3492 deg
SMA: 7652.023 km
Apoapsis: 2032.141 km
Periapsis: 515.634 km
RAAN: 155.1106 deg
Eccentricy: 0.09909187
Argument of periapsis: 331.7729 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.2769 deg
Mean motion: 12.96995283 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000203 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000098903097 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 10:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249
TLE line 1: 1 03504U 68091A 25290.93386369 .00000203 00000-0 98903-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 03504 62.3492 155.1106 0990919 331.7729 23.2769 12.96995283689060
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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