Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20811
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: 110.486 minutes
Inclination: 62.2645 deg
SMA: 7627.198 km
Apoapsis: 1777.531 km
Periapsis: 720.595 km
RAAN: 331.5091 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0692873
Argument of periapsis: 58.9519 deg
Mean anomaly: 307.7623 deg
Mean motion: 13.03332467 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001721 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017974 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 3843U 68097BG 25296.42782330 .00001721 00000-0 17974-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 3843 62.2645 331.5091 0692873 58.9519 307.7623 13.03332467636442
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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