Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17525
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.9
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: 1977-121N
Object number (NORAD): 10571
Object ID (CCSDS): 10571
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.828 minutes
Inclination: 65.9353 deg
SMA: 7317.635 km
Apoapsis: 1037.526 km
Periapsis: 841.474 km
RAAN: 161.1015 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01339588
Argument of periapsis: 79.0476 deg
Mean anomaly: 282.5631 deg
Mean motion: 13.86904841 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000086 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00074991935 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10571U 77121N 25346.63628801 .00000860 00000-0 74992-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 10571 65.9353 161.1015 0133959 79.0476 282.5631 13.86904841413442
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 970 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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