Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20641
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: 109.453 minutes
Inclination: 62.258 deg
SMA: 7579.595 km
Apoapsis: 1699.997 km
Periapsis: 702.922 km
RAAN: 65.202 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0657736
Argument of periapsis: 80.6552 deg
Mean anomaly: 286.8161 deg
Mean motion: 13.15630075 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005126 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0045226 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 03686U 68097AD 25125.84141787 .00005126 00000-0 45226-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 03686 62.2580 65.2020 0657736 80.6552 286.8161 13.15630075643122
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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