Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20823
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.1
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 249 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 249 DEB
International designator: 1968-091R
Object number (NORAD): 3583
Object ID (CCSDS): 3583
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 112.011 minutes
Inclination: 62.0812 deg
SMA: 7697.224 km
Apoapsis: 1865.122 km
Periapsis: 773.057 km
RAAN: 20.0533 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0709389
Argument of periapsis: 87.3294 deg
Mean anomaly: 280.862 deg
Mean motion: 12.8558724 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000361 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060199 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 9:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 3583U 68091R 25296.39913904 .00000361 00000-0 60199-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 3583 62.0812 20.0533 0709389 87.3294 280.8620 12.85587240653778
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 249 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 249 DEB.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 249 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1’, on board a Tsiklon-2A space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 20, 1968, 4:02 a.m. from 90/20.
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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 20, 1968, 4:02 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2A
Launch pad: 90/20
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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