Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17468
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: 103.836 minutes
Inclination: 65.9364 deg
SMA: 7318.006 km
Apoapsis: 1037.564 km
Periapsis: 842.177 km
RAAN: 302.1647 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0133498
Argument of periapsis: 110.8541 deg
Mean anomaly: 250.6883 deg
Mean motion: 13.86799442 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000631 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0005695036 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 11:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10571U 77121N 25290.45997709 .00000631 00000-0 56950-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 10571 65.9364 302.1647 0133498 110.8541 250.6883 13.86799442405655
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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