Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17431
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.3
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: 1977-121H
Object number (NORAD): 10566
Object ID (CCSDS): 10566
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 108.577 minutes
Inclination: 65.7714 deg
SMA: 7539.093 km
Apoapsis: 1465.174 km
Periapsis: 856.741 km
RAAN: 155.8465 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0403519
Argument of periapsis: 19.3247 deg
Mean anomaly: 342.2602 deg
Mean motion: 13.26246154 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000982 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.001328433 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 11, 2025, 3:57 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 10, 2025, 7:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10566U 77121H 25253.81054126 -.00000982 00000-0 -13284-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10566 65.7714 155.8465 0403519 19.3247 342.2602 13.26246154291917
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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