Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20763
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.3
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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: 1968-097BG
Object number (NORAD): 3843
Object ID (CCSDS): 3843
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 110.497 minutes
Inclination: 62.2644 deg
SMA: 7627.723 km
Apoapsis: 1779.823 km
Periapsis: 719.353 km
RAAN: 90.3728 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0695142
Argument of periapsis: 48.8562 deg
Mean anomaly: 317.0325 deg
Mean motion: 13.03197909 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002671 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0027264193 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03843U 68097BG 25248.93370975 .00002671 00000-0 27264-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 03843 62.2644 90.3728 0695142 48.8562 317.0325 13.03197909630252
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 252 DEB.
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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