Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17471
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: 104.644 minutes
Inclination: 65.8505 deg
SMA: 7355.92 km
Apoapsis: 1067.402 km
Periapsis: 888.167 km
RAAN: 74.664 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01218306
Argument of periapsis: 181.708 deg
Mean anomaly: 330.3443 deg
Mean motion: 13.7609139 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000986 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010376878 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 8:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10535U 77121C 25292.83836377 .00000986 00000-0 10377-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 10535 65.8505 74.6640 0121831 181.7080 330.3443 13.76091390389787
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 970 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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