Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 968 at a glance.
Uptime
17529
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 968.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 968
International designator: 1977-119A
Object number (NORAD): 10520
Object ID (CCSDS): 10520
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.207 minutes
Inclination: 74.0286 deg
SMA: 7146.5 km
Apoapsis: 780.42 km
Periapsis: 756.31 km
RAAN: 123.0184 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0016868
Argument of periapsis: 39.7671 deg
Mean anomaly: 320.4715 deg
Mean motion: 14.37019532 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000317 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011562 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 8:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 968
TLE line 1: 1 10520U 77119A 25345.84223137 .00000317 00000-0 11562-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10520 74.0286 123.0184 0016868 39.7671 320.4715 14.37019532511899
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 968.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 968.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 968 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 16’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 16, 1977, 4:25 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 16, 1977, 4:25 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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