In orbitDebris

COSMOS 252 DEB

NORAD: 3713
COSPAR: 1968-097AQ

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Spacecraft

Owner: Space Defence Force, USSR Armed Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S03713, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1968-11-01
Rocket: Tsiklon-2A
Flight: Kosmos-252
Mission name: I2P
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90/20
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1968-097

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1968-097, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1968-11-01
Period: 109.6 min
Inclination: 62.21°
Apogee: 1,703 km
Perigee: 710 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0126 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 252 (NORAD 3530)

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

COSMOS 252 DEB

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