Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17431
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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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: 1977-121E
Object number (NORAD): 10563
Object ID (CCSDS): 10563
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.447 minutes
Inclination: 65.8484 deg
SMA: 7299.716 km
Apoapsis: 986.346 km
Periapsis: 856.816 km
RAAN: 348.6833 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00887227
Argument of periapsis: 81.6425 deg
Mean anomaly: 279.4694 deg
Mean motion: 13.92014588 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000902 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00074675892 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 10, 2025, 5:35 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 10, 2025, 6:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10563U 77121E 25253.25374782 .00000902 00000-0 74676-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 10563 65.8484 348.6833 0088723 81.6425 279.4694 13.92014588398317
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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