Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.3
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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: 1968-091F
Object number (NORAD): 3509
Object ID (CCSDS): 3509
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 91.922 minutes
Inclination: 62.3165 deg
SMA: 6746.915 km
Apoapsis: 418.387 km
Periapsis: 319.173 km
RAAN: 110.4342 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0073525
Argument of periapsis: 93.9863 deg
Mean anomaly: 266.9671 deg
Mean motion: 15.66552283 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00300121 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.002381 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 4:09 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03509U 68091F 25188.17357388 .00300121 00000-0 23810-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 03509 62.3165 110.4342 0073525 93.9863 266.9671 15.66552283855869
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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