COSMOS 252 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

20806

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

62.2

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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: 1968-097AW

Object number (NORAD): 3784

Object ID (CCSDS): 3784

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 107.817 minutes

Inclination: 62.2453 deg

SMA: 7503.859 km

Apoapsis: 1593.424 km

Periapsis: 658.025 km

RAAN: 293.8163 deg

Eccentricy: 0.06232792

Argument of periapsis: 8.3525 deg

Mean anomaly: 352.7302 deg

Mean motion: 13.35597887 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00005651 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0036655507 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 9 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 03784U 68097AW 25291.37508350 .00005651 00000-0 36656-2 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 03784 62.2453 293.8163 0623279 8.3525 352.7302 13.35597887 37671

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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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
ESSA 1 (OT-3)	SSO	2025-02-17 05:30:15	0.000310172	93.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 203	LEO	2025-01-23 21:28:58	0.0001054795	967.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-10-23 04:24:07	0.0001324165	179.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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