Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20760
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: 114.675 minutes
Inclination: 63.0347 deg
SMA: 7818.766 km
Apoapsis: 2265.221 km
Periapsis: 616.041 km
RAAN: 81.7286 deg
Eccentricy: 0.10546293
Argument of periapsis: 297.9278 deg
Mean anomaly: 120.1885 deg
Mean motion: 12.55727538 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000522 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00040853791 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 03938U 68097BS 25245.63895701 .00000522 00000-0 40854-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 03938 63.0347 81.7286 1054629 297.9278 120.1885 12.55727538534812
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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