Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20780
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.0
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: 1968-091AU
Object number (NORAD): 3757
Object ID (CCSDS): 3757
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.81 minutes
Inclination: 61.9793 deg
SMA: 7127.61 km
Apoapsis: 1016.602 km
Periapsis: 482.347 km
RAAN: 33.9756 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03747783
Argument of periapsis: 6.0407 deg
Mean anomaly: 354.4987 deg
Mean motion: 14.42736067 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005545 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072532198 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 2:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03757U 68091AU 25252.09654027 .00005545 00000-0 72532-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 03757 61.9793 33.9756 0374778 6.0407 354.4987 14.42736067793239
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 249 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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