Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20862
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
63.0
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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: 1968-097BS
Object number (NORAD): 3938
Object ID (CCSDS): 3938
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.646 minutes
Inclination: 63.0336 deg
SMA: 7817.464 km
Apoapsis: 2265.758 km
Periapsis: 612.899 km
RAAN: 215.1683 deg
Eccentricy: 0.10571583
Argument of periapsis: 305.1986 deg
Mean anomaly: 74.3377 deg
Mean motion: 12.56041393 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001146 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00081473075 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 3:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 03938U 68097BS 25345.64010154 .00001146 00000-0 81473-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 03938 63.0336 215.1683 1057158 305.1986 74.3377 12.56041393547372
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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