Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20821
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: 104.349 minutes
Inclination: 62.2833 deg
SMA: 7342.066 km
Apoapsis: 1427.11 km
Periapsis: 500.751 km
RAAN: 26.9584 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0630857
Argument of periapsis: 93.5501 deg
Mean anomaly: 273.7858 deg
Mean motion: 13.79988166 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002705 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00058217 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 2, 2025, 3:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 2, 2025, 11:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 3551U 68097D 25306.46206064 .00002705 00000-0 58217-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 3551 62.2833 26.9584 0630857 93.5501 273.7858 13.79988166777241
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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