COSMOS 970 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

17425

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

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 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: 104.649 minutes

Inclination: 65.8506 deg

SMA: 7356.133 km

Apoapsis: 1070.376 km

Periapsis: 885.62 km

RAAN: 187.6009 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01255796

Argument of periapsis: 204.3289 deg

Mean anomaly: 269.5505 deg

Mean motion: 13.76031517 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000504 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00056769698 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:31 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 10535U 77121C 25247.18840876 .00000504 00000-0 56770-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 10535 65.8506 187.6009 0125580 204.3289 269.5505 13.76031517383501

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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
PORCUPINE 1	LEO	2025-08-24 07:35:31	0.001133124	62.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 1634	LEO	2024-11-04 19:28:34	0.000469096	260.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-4C DEB	LEO	2024-08-08 02:18:02	0.0002231415	89.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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