Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20809
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
61.3
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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: 1968-097BN
Object number (NORAD): 3901
Object ID (CCSDS): 3901
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 111.146 minutes
Inclination: 61.2743 deg
SMA: 7657.521 km
Apoapsis: 1912.105 km
Periapsis: 646.667 km
RAAN: 54.6326 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0826271
Argument of periapsis: 147.7528 deg
Mean anomaly: 217.6858 deg
Mean motion: 12.95598638 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002341 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017262 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 3901U 68097BN 25294.77543179 .00002341 00000-0 17262-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 3901 61.2743 54.6326 0826271 147.7528 217.6858 12.95598638646643
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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