Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 972 at a glance.
Uptime
17299
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
75.8
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 972.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 972
International designator: 1977-123A
Object number (NORAD): 10539
Object ID (CCSDS): 10539
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.663 minutes
Inclination: 75.8364 deg
SMA: 7309.888 km
Apoapsis: 1152.479 km
Periapsis: 711.026 km
RAAN: 359.5246 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0301956
Argument of periapsis: 359.2118 deg
Mean anomaly: 0.85 deg
Mean motion: 13.89110237 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000053 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000037677 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 972
TLE line 1: 1 10539U 77123A 25127.83869462 .00000053 00000-0 37677-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10539 75.8364 359.5246 0301956 359.2118 0.8500 13.89110237399762
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 972.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 972.
Associated space launch
Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-D ELINT satellite
COSMOS 972 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 3’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 27, 1977, 8 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 27, 1977, 8 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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