Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20703
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
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: 1968-097K
Object number (NORAD): 3557
Object ID (CCSDS): 3557
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 108.779 minutes
Inclination: 62.3085 deg
SMA: 7548.443 km
Apoapsis: 1804.208 km
Periapsis: 536.408 km
RAAN: 77.35 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0839776
Argument of periapsis: 173.3928 deg
Mean anomaly: 187.9035 deg
Mean motion: 13.23782752 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000149 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000089169 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03557U 68097K 25188.94501098 .00000149 00000-0 89169-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 03557 62.3085 77.3500 0839776 173.3928 187.9035 13.23782752708627
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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