Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 252 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20804
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
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: 1968-097CJ
Object number (NORAD): 5322
Object ID (CCSDS): 5322
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.055 minutes
Inclination: 61.3247 deg
SMA: 7561.217 km
Apoapsis: 1711.626 km
Periapsis: 654.539 km
RAAN: 6.863 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06990194
Argument of periapsis: 205.3701 deg
Mean anomaly: 151.1391 deg
Mean motion: 13.20429388 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004465 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.003057987 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 2:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 9:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 252 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 05322U 68097CJ 25288.91218829 .00004465 00000-0 30580-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 05322 61.3247 6.8630 0699019 205.3701 151.1391 13.20429388681569
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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