Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20874
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.7
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 249 DEB *.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 249 DEB *
International designator: 1968-091CG
Object number (NORAD): 6176
Object ID (CCSDS): 6176
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 110.064 minutes
Inclination: 65.7272 deg
SMA: 7607.745 km
Apoapsis: 1578.343 km
Periapsis: 880.876 km
RAAN: 280.5567 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04583932
Argument of periapsis: 119.4604 deg
Mean anomaly: 245.2971 deg
Mean motion: 13.0833477 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000987 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001858458 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 5:47 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 6:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 06176U 68091CG 25347.27494972 .00000987 00000-0 18585-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 06176 65.7272 280.5567 0458393 119.4604 245.2971 13.08334770134869
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 249 DEB *.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 249 DEB * was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1’, on board a Tsiklon-2A space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 20, 1968, 4:02 a.m. from 90/20.
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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 20, 1968, 4:02 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2A
Launch pad: 90/20
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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