Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17366
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 970 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 970 DEB
International designator: 1977-121C
Object number (NORAD): 10535
Object ID (CCSDS): 10535
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.653 minutes
Inclination: 65.8523 deg
SMA: 7356.316 km
Apoapsis: 1073.003 km
Periapsis: 883.359 km
RAAN: 331.9782 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0128899
Argument of periapsis: 231.7983 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.5679 deg
Mean motion: 13.75980222 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000297 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00036648 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10535U 77121C 25188.82612267 .00000297 00000-0 36648-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 10535 65.8523 331.9782 0128899 231.7983 246.5679 13.75980222375472
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 970 DEB.
Associated space launch
Second generation ASAT satellite
COSMOS 970 DEB 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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