Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17372
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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: 1977-121E
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: 103.458 minutes
Inclination: 65.8455 deg
SMA: 7300.222 km
Apoapsis: 986.929 km
Periapsis: 857.244 km
RAAN: 141.1348 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0088822
Argument of periapsis: 114.8338 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.2003 deg
Mean motion: 13.91870097 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000892 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00074066 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 12, 2025, 5:51 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 12, 2025, 6:13 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10563U 77121E 25193.25938965 .00000892 00000-0 74066-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 10563 65.8455 141.1348 0088822 114.8338 246.2003 13.91870097389965
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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