Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20657
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.5
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: 93.045 minutes
Inclination: 62.323 deg
SMA: 6801.785 km
Apoapsis: 501.924 km
Periapsis: 345.376 km
RAAN: 325.2762 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0115079
Argument of periapsis: 82.0274 deg
Mean anomaly: 279.3883 deg
Mean motion: 15.47634472 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00149641 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021751 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 7:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03509U 68091F 25130.80248659 .00149641 00000-0 21751-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 03509 62.3230 325.2762 0115079 82.0274 279.3883 15.47634472846931
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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