Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 249 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
20715
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: 110.07 minutes
Inclination: 65.7267 deg
SMA: 7608.025 km
Apoapsis: 1586.942 km
Periapsis: 872.838 km
RAAN: 273.4575 deg
Eccentricy: 0.046931
Argument of periapsis: 186.9433 deg
Mean anomaly: 172.494 deg
Mean motion: 13.08262486 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000626 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011944 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 4:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 249 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 06176U 68091CG 25188.19803843 .00000626 00000-0 11944-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 06176 65.7267 273.4575 0469310 186.9433 172.4940 13.08262486114053
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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