Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 968 at a glance.
Uptime
17474
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: 100.21 minutes
Inclination: 74.0297 deg
SMA: 7146.603 km
Apoapsis: 780.713 km
Periapsis: 756.223 km
RAAN: 222.1324 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00171343
Argument of periapsis: 158.9827 deg
Mean anomaly: 201.2034 deg
Mean motion: 14.36988444 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000297 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010894743 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 968
TLE line 1: 1 10520U 77119A 25291.95847167 .00000297 00000-0 10895-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10520 74.0297 222.1324 0017134 158.9827 201.2034 14.36988444504159
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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