COSMOS 249
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About This Satellite
COSMOS 249 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 3504 with international designator 68091A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by TSKBM/KB1, on the IS platform, with a launch mass of about 1400 kg, with a shape described as Cyl + Truss. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its MEO orbit had an apogee of about 2.056 km and a perigee near 505 km, with an inclination of 62.34° and a period of roughly 111 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 6.52 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, COSMOS 249's apogee was 2.056 km, where its speed was about 6.52 km/s, completing about 13.0 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.