In orbitDebris

COSMOS 249 DEB

NORAD: 18551
COSPAR: 1968-091DF

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Spacecraft

Owner: Space Defence Force, USSR Armed Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S18551, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1968-10-20
Rocket: Tsiklon-2A
Flight: Kosmos-249
Mission name: I2P
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90/20
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1968-091

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1968-091, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1968-10-20
Period: 107.5 min
Inclination: 62.30°
Apogee: 1,622 km
Perigee: 595 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0147 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 249 (NORAD 3504)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris107 in total, 35 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit