COSMOS 468 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 468 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

19721

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 468 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: COSMOS 468 DEB

International designator: 1971-114F

Object number (NORAD): 37887

Object ID (CCSDS): 37887

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.83 minutes

Inclination: 74.0172 deg

SMA: 7128.527 km

Apoapsis: 759.739 km

Periapsis: 741.045 km

RAAN: 82.7332 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00131126

Argument of periapsis: 165.7427 deg

Mean anomaly: 194.4102 deg

Mean motion: 14.42457629 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000656 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00020606483 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 468 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 37887U 71114F 25347.55232014 .00000656 00000-0 20606-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 37887 74.0172 82.7332 0013113 165.7427 194.4102 14.42457629230709

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 468 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 468 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
DELTA 1 DEB	MEO	2025-10-25 07:00:33	0.0003229127	59.0 (m)	DEBRIS
PSLV DEB	SSO	2024-12-24 09:36:40	0.0001351814	93.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2024-11-12 10:20:47	0.0004364245	902.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-10-27 15:06:08	0.0001488493	406.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

COSMOS 468 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 49’, on board a Kosmos 11K63 space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 17, 1971, 10:39 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 49

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 17, 1971, 10:39 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos 11K63

Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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