Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 at a glance.
Uptime
20763
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.9
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 252.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 252
International designator: 1968-097A
Object number (NORAD): 3530
Object ID (CCSDS): 3530
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 111.786 minutes
Inclination: 62.3239 deg
SMA: 7686.927 km
Apoapsis: 2070.73 km
Periapsis: 546.853 km
RAAN: 134.9119 deg
Eccentricy: 0.09912138
Argument of periapsis: 356.8749 deg
Mean anomaly: 2.6328 deg
Mean motion: 12.88171425 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000218 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012847159 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 5:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252
TLE line 1: 1 03530U 68097A 25247.24387860 .00000218 00000-0 12847-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 03530 62.3239 134.9119 0991214 356.8749 2.6328 12.88171425669117
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 252.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 252 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2A | I2P 2’, on board a Tsiklon-2A space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 1, 1968, 12:27 a.m. from 90/20.
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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 1, 1968, 12:27 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2A
Launch pad: 90/20
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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