Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20703
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: 111.168 minutes
Inclination: 61.2731 deg
SMA: 7658.567 km
Apoapsis: 1918.108 km
Periapsis: 642.756 km
RAAN: 326.064 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0832631
Argument of periapsis: 104.6934 deg
Mean anomaly: 264.7759 deg
Mean motion: 12.95333137 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000062 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049863 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 5:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 03901U 68097BN 25188.71961555 .00000620 00000-0 49863-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 03901 61.2731 326.0640 0832631 104.6934 264.7759 12.95333137632903
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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