Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 968 at a glance.
Uptime
17429
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
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: 100.211 minutes
Inclination: 74.0304 deg
SMA: 7146.689 km
Apoapsis: 781.905 km
Periapsis: 755.203 km
RAAN: 306.9137 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00186821
Argument of periapsis: 252.6357 deg
Mean anomaly: 107.2753 deg
Mean motion: 14.36962508 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000278 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010273928 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 8:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 968
TLE line 1: 1 10520U 77119A 25245.87084045 .00000278 00000-0 10274-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10520 74.0304 306.9137 0018682 252.6357 107.2753 14.36962508497539
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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