Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20702
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.3
Latest
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: 109.423 minutes
Inclination: 62.2573 deg
SMA: 7578.189 km
Apoapsis: 1697.051 km
Periapsis: 703.058 km
RAAN: 266.8081 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0655825
Argument of periapsis: 94.6785 deg
Mean anomaly: 272.9376 deg
Mean motion: 13.15996047 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000042 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044301 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 6:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 3686U 68097AD 25187.77504534 .00000420 00000-0 44301-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 3686 62.2573 266.8081 0655825 94.6785 272.9376 13.15996047651879
Live tracking on map
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 *.
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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