Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20768
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.3
Latest
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: 1968-091BH
Object number (NORAD): 3874
Object ID (CCSDS): 3874
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.156 minutes
Inclination: 62.2517 deg
SMA: 7565.856 km
Apoapsis: 1675.544 km
Periapsis: 699.898 km
RAAN: 12.6389 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06447692
Argument of periapsis: 125.1864 deg
Mean anomaly: 241.1286 deg
Mean motion: 13.19215191 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004755 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0040765534 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 28, 2025, 2:53 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 27, 2025, 4:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03874U 68091BH 25239.68811067 .00004755 00000-0 40766-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 03874 62.2517 12.6389 0644769 125.1864 241.1286 13.19215191661920
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 249 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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