Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17525
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: 104.638 minutes
Inclination: 65.8517 deg
SMA: 7355.642 km
Apoapsis: 1062.87 km
Periapsis: 892.145 km
RAAN: 299.8435 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01160502
Argument of periapsis: 154.5458 deg
Mean anomaly: 284.6425 deg
Mean motion: 13.76169301 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000509 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00057607221 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 5:47 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 7:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10535U 77121C 25347.32964301 .00000509 00000-0 57607-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10535 65.8517 299.8435 0116050 154.5458 284.6425 13.76169301397280
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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