Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20656
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: 112.03 minutes
Inclination: 62.0799 deg
SMA: 7698.081 km
Apoapsis: 1864.261 km
Periapsis: 775.631 km
RAAN: 70.3357 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0707079
Argument of periapsis: 46.2641 deg
Mean anomaly: 319.4708 deg
Mean motion: 12.85372594 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001467 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021159 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 5:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03583U 68091R 25128.21956299 .00001467 00000-0 21159-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 03583 62.0799 70.3357 0707079 46.2641 319.4708 12.85372594632157
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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