Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17366
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: 105.474 minutes
Inclination: 65.768 deg
SMA: 7394.737 km
Apoapsis: 1173.125 km
Periapsis: 860.08 km
RAAN: 142.5018 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0211667
Argument of periapsis: 271.5376 deg
Mean anomaly: 86.1446 deg
Mean motion: 13.65270228 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000157 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024913 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 5:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10568U 77121K 25187.92461927 .00000157 00000-0 24913-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 10568 65.7680 142.5018 0211667 271.5376 86.1446 13.65270228359809
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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