Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20712
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: 112.025 minutes
Inclination: 62.0796 deg
SMA: 7697.846 km
Apoapsis: 1864.744 km
Periapsis: 774.677 km
RAAN: 290.6765 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0708034
Argument of periapsis: 60.4229 deg
Mean anomaly: 306.5413 deg
Mean motion: 12.85431542 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000416 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00044876 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 11:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03583U 68091R 25185.47423551 -.00000416 00000-0 -44876-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 03583 62.0796 290.6765 0708034 60.4229 306.5413 12.85431542639512
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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