Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20864
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.2
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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: 1968-097BM
Object number (NORAD): 3900
Object ID (CCSDS): 3900
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.226 minutes
Inclination: 62.199 deg
SMA: 7004.061 km
Apoapsis: 775.138 km
Periapsis: 476.715 km
RAAN: 244.8296 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02130361
Argument of periapsis: 192.0238 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.5717 deg
Mean motion: 14.81077705 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000752 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00066887577 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 16, 2025, 2:19 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 15, 2025, 8:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03900U 68097BM 25349.85106890 .00007520 00000-0 66888-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 03900 62.1990 244.8296 0213036 192.0238 167.5717 14.81077705862321
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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