Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20810
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.3
Latest
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: 1968-097M
Object number (NORAD): 3559
Object ID (CCSDS): 3559
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.954 minutes
Inclination: 62.2929 deg
SMA: 7229.294 km
Apoapsis: 1188.403 km
Periapsis: 513.915 km
RAAN: 351.5467 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04664965
Argument of periapsis: 194.8196 deg
Mean anomaly: 163.8786 deg
Mean motion: 14.12403852 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008117 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015632369 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 11:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03559U 68097M 25295.47436439 .00008117 00000-0 15632-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 03559 62.2929 351.5467 0466496 194.8196 163.8786 14.12403852810286
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 252 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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