Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17485
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1977-121K
Object number (NORAD): 10568
Object ID (CCSDS): 10568
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.466 minutes
Inclination: 65.7681 deg
SMA: 7394.372 km
Apoapsis: 1169.313 km
Periapsis: 863.162 km
RAAN: 210.472 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0207016
Argument of periapsis: 217.268 deg
Mean anomaly: 141.3862 deg
Mean motion: 13.65371364 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000259 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035872 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 3, 2025, 11:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 3, 2025, 4:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10568U 77121K 25307.68892189 .00000259 00000-0 35872-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 10568 65.7681 210.4720 0207016 217.2680 141.3862 13.65371364376159
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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