Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17305
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.4
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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: 1977-121L
Object number (NORAD): 10569
Object ID (CCSDS): 10569
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.458 minutes
Inclination: 65.3983 deg
SMA: 7347.188 km
Apoapsis: 1072.574 km
Periapsis: 865.532 km
RAAN: 204.5563 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0140899
Argument of periapsis: 337.1894 deg
Mean anomaly: 22.2945 deg
Mean motion: 13.78545363 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00039846 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 2:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10569U 77121L 25127.59583585 .00000350 00000-0 39846-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 10569 65.3983 204.5563 0140899 337.1894 22.2945 13.78545363373864
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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