Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20862
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: 108.751 minutes
Inclination: 62.3142 deg
SMA: 7547.132 km
Apoapsis: 1791.561 km
Periapsis: 546.432 km
RAAN: 24.4286 deg
Eccentricy: 0.08249022
Argument of periapsis: 208.6375 deg
Mean anomaly: 146.6883 deg
Mean motion: 13.24127718 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001172 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00045008055 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 1:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03557U 68097K 25347.55524802 .00001172 00000-0 45008-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 03557 62.3142 24.4286 0824902 208.6375 146.6883 13.24127718729620
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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