In orbitDebris

COSMOS 252 DEB

NORAD: 9973
COSPAR: 1968-097DV

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Spacecraft

Owner: Space Defence Force, USSR Armed Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S09973, 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: 104.8 min
Inclination: 62.41°
Apogee: 1,398 km
Perigee: 574 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0123 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.

Everything from this launch

Debris138 in total, 34 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit