Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
63.0
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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: 1968-091AX
Object number (NORAD): 3790
Object ID (CCSDS): 3790
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.486 minutes
Inclination: 62.9982 deg
SMA: 7488.499 km
Apoapsis: 1635.319 km
Periapsis: 585.409 km
RAAN: 131.3776 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0701015
Argument of periapsis: 283.859 deg
Mean anomaly: 68.5443 deg
Mean motion: 13.39709416 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000454 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023835 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 03790U 68091AX 25187.30284593 .00000454 00000-0 23835-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 03790 62.9982 131.3776 0701015 283.8590 68.5443 13.39709416721120
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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