Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 971 at a glance.
Uptime
17364
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 971.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 971
International designator: 1977-122A
Object number (NORAD): 10536
Object ID (CCSDS): 10536
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.85 minutes
Inclination: 82.9366 deg
SMA: 7365.55 km
Apoapsis: 1001.876 km
Periapsis: 972.954 km
RAAN: 140.981 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019633
Argument of periapsis: 259.8662 deg
Mean anomaly: 154.238 deg
Mean motion: 13.73393559 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000037 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000023236 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, 9:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 971
TLE line 1: 1 10536U 77122A 25188.89580156 .00000037 00000-0 23236-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 10536 82.9366 140.9810 0019633 259.8662 154.2380 13.73393559381883
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 971.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 971 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 11’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 23, 1977, 4:24 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 11
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 23, 1977, 4:24 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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