COSMOS 252 DEB *

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.

Uptime

20760

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: 111.162 minutes

Inclination: 61.2711 deg

SMA: 7658.295 km

Apoapsis: 1915.297 km

Periapsis: 645.023 km

RAAN: 179.6828 deg

Eccentricy: 0.08293452

Argument of periapsis: 127.9041 deg

Mean anomaly: 239.9928 deg

Mean motion: 12.95402152 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001313 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00099077966 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:02 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *

TLE line 1: 1 03901U 68097BN 25245.91823424 .00001313 00000-0 99078-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 03901 61.2711 179.6828 0829345 127.9041 239.9928 12.95402152640316

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 252 DEB *.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 252 DEB *.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB	SSO	2024-11-10 19:38:57	0.0009645522	330.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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