Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20767
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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 252 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 252 DEB
International designator: 1968-097D
Object number (NORAD): 3551
Object ID (CCSDS): 3551
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.404 minutes
Inclination: 62.2815 deg
SMA: 7344.667 km
Apoapsis: 1431.589 km
Periapsis: 501.475 km
RAAN: 182.2005 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06331898
Argument of periapsis: 80.6217 deg
Mean anomaly: 286.5793 deg
Mean motion: 13.79255135 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004714 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00099790654 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 12:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03551U 68097D 25252.03056369 .00004714 00000-0 99791-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 03551 62.2815 182.2005 0633190 80.6217 286.5793 13.79255135769737
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 252 DEB.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 252 DEB 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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