Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20874
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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 249 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 249 DEB
International designator: 1968-091S
Object number (NORAD): 3584
Object ID (CCSDS): 3584
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.63 minutes
Inclination: 62.2924 deg
SMA: 7071.321 km
Apoapsis: 909.829 km
Periapsis: 476.543 km
RAAN: 221.7066 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0306368
Argument of periapsis: 164.4555 deg
Mean anomaly: 196.6193 deg
Mean motion: 14.59996883 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00017069 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0018337 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 11:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 3584U 68091S 25345.98595635 .00017069 00000-0 18337-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 3584 62.2924 221.7066 0306368 164.4555 196.6193 14.59996883835516
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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