Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.7
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: 1968-091AE
Object number (NORAD): 3679
Object ID (CCSDS): 3679
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.073 minutes
Inclination: 62.7474 deg
SMA: 7282.092 km
Apoapsis: 1280.312 km
Periapsis: 527.602 km
RAAN: 249.1554 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0516823
Argument of periapsis: 191.3139 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.5924 deg
Mean motion: 13.97071148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000336 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007894 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:23 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 03679U 68091AE 25188.89144925 .00003360 00000-0 78940-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 03679 62.7474 249.1554 0516823 191.3139 167.5924 13.97071148736268
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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