Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20708
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: 104.436 minutes
Inclination: 62.2831 deg
SMA: 7346.173 km
Apoapsis: 1433.532 km
Periapsis: 502.545 km
RAAN: 352.0154 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0633654
Argument of periapsis: 66.4888 deg
Mean anomaly: 300.141 deg
Mean motion: 13.78830894 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002042 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00045543 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 11, 2025, 6:37 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 11, 2025, 10:11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03551U 68097D 25192.42478141 .00002042 00000-0 45543-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 03551 62.2831 352.0154 0633654 66.4888 300.1410 13.78830894761515
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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