Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 at a glance.
Uptime
17467
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 970.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 970
International designator: 1977-121A
Object number (NORAD): 10531
Object ID (CCSDS): 10531
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.893 minutes
Inclination: 65.8555 deg
SMA: 7414.343 km
Apoapsis: 1148.386 km
Periapsis: 924.031 km
RAAN: 29.3882 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0151298
Argument of periapsis: 313.619 deg
Mean anomaly: 45.2394 deg
Mean motion: 13.59858566 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000065 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000016222 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 15, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 1:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970
TLE line 1: 1 10531U 77121A 25288.56624169 -.00000065 00000-0 16222-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10531 65.8555 29.3882 0151298 313.6190 45.2394 13.59858566766188
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 970.
Associated space launch
Second generation ASAT satellite
COSMOS 970 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 21, 1977, 10:35 a.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 21, 1977, 10:35 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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