COSMOS 252 DEB *

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.

Uptime

20862

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.2

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 252 DEB *.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: COSMOS 252 DEB *

International designator: 1968-097AD

Object number (NORAD): 3686

Object ID (CCSDS): 3686

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 109.34 minutes

Inclination: 62.2574 deg

SMA: 7574.374 km

Apoapsis: 1687.304 km

Periapsis: 705.175 km

RAAN: 221.3994 deg

Eccentricy: 0.06483236

Argument of periapsis: 129.2788 deg

Mean anomaly: 236.7589 deg

Mean motion: 13.16990441 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002775 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0024964183 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:27 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *

TLE line 1: 1 03686U 68097AD 25346.14441457 .00002775 00000-0 24964-2 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 03686 62.2574 221.3994 0648324 129.2788 236.7589 13.16990441672121

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 252 DEB *.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 252 DEB *.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
NADEZHDA 1	LEO	2025-04-27 01:16:14	0.0001510934	261.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-12 01:56:05	0.0002275506	780.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-11-08 17:10:01	0.0002348581	413.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.

COSMOS 252 DEB * was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2A | I2P 2’, on board a Tsiklon-2A space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 1, 1968, 12:27 a.m. from 90/20.

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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 2

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 1, 1968, 12:27 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-2A

Launch pad: 90/20

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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