Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20874
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.9
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 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 249 DEB
International designator: 1968-091C
Object number (NORAD): 3506
Object ID (CCSDS): 3506
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 111.538 minutes
Inclination: 62.3697 deg
SMA: 7675.55 km
Apoapsis: 2023.949 km
Periapsis: 570.881 km
RAAN: 356.1434 deg
Eccentricy: 0.09465559
Argument of periapsis: 226.5718 deg
Mean anomaly: 125.266 deg
Mean motion: 12.91036468 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000284 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017758535 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 2:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03506U 68091C 25347.61550503 .00000284 00000-0 17759-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 03506 62.3697 356.1434 0946556 226.5718 125.2660 12.91036468682526
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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