Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20806
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: 114.666 minutes
Inclination: 63.0371 deg
SMA: 7818.388 km
Apoapsis: 2266.236 km
Periapsis: 614.27 km
RAAN: 340.5309 deg
Eccentricy: 0.1056462
Argument of periapsis: 301.1064 deg
Mean anomaly: 139.1994 deg
Mean motion: 12.55818692 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001632 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001147 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 17, 2025, 7:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 7:36 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 3938U 68097BS 25290.31729788 .00001632 00000-0 11470-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 3938 63.0371 340.5309 1056462 301.1064 139.1994 12.55818692540426
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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