Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20654
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.4
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: 1968-091AR
Object number (NORAD): 3753
Object ID (CCSDS): 3753
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.604 minutes
Inclination: 62.4001 deg
SMA: 6829.007 km
Apoapsis: 519.626 km
Periapsis: 382.117 km
RAAN: 45.3362 deg
Eccentricy: 0.010068
Argument of periapsis: 32.8412 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.8902 deg
Mean motion: 15.38389993 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00126052 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0027381 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 03753U 68091AR 25127.87226307 .00126052 00000-0 27381-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 03753 62.4001 45.3362 0100680 32.8412 327.8902 15.38389993875730
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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