Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20777
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 16.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.4
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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: 88.849 minutes
Inclination: 62.3694 deg
SMA: 6595.716 km
Apoapsis: 229.856 km
Periapsis: 205.306 km
RAAN: 325.082 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00186103
Argument of periapsis: 11.6526 deg
Mean anomaly: 348.5052 deg
Mean motion: 16.20726921 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.08021008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0037512727 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:42 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 1:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 03753U 68091AR 25245.57533316 .08021008 88367-5 37513-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 03753 62.3694 325.0820 0018610 11.6526 348.5052 16.20726921894067
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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