Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20816
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.2
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: 109.131 minutes
Inclination: 62.2478 deg
SMA: 7564.723 km
Apoapsis: 1667.854 km
Periapsis: 705.322 km
RAAN: 245.1056 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06361977
Argument of periapsis: 136.3418 deg
Mean anomaly: 228.9771 deg
Mean motion: 13.19511678 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001847 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016706159 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 16, 2025, 6:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03874U 68091BH 25289.25352629 .00001847 00000-0 16706-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 03874 62.2478 245.1056 0636198 136.3418 228.9771 13.19511678668463
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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