Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17482
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: 108.578 minutes
Inclination: 65.7716 deg
SMA: 7539.117 km
Apoapsis: 1467.96 km
Periapsis: 854.004 km
RAAN: 39.7726 deg
Eccentricy: 0.040718
Argument of periapsis: 357.3389 deg
Mean anomaly: 2.5479 deg
Mean motion: 13.26239761 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000032 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014961 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 3:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10566U 77121H 25304.63582922 .00000032 00000-0 14961-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 10566 65.7716 39.7726 0407180 357.3389 2.5479 13.26239761298651
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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