Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20777
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: 98.895 minutes
Inclination: 62.2945 deg
SMA: 7083.946 km
Apoapsis: 941.33 km
Periapsis: 470.292 km
RAAN: 168.2335 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03324691
Argument of periapsis: 139.4108 deg
Mean anomaly: 223.2273 deg
Mean motion: 14.56095589 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011606 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001244444 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03584U 68091S 25250.94804913 .00011606 00000-0 12444-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 03584 62.2945 168.2335 0332469 139.4108 223.2273 14.56095589821656
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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