Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17303
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: 103.853 minutes
Inclination: 65.9383 deg
SMA: 7318.774 km
Apoapsis: 1046.708 km
Periapsis: 834.57 km
RAAN: 355.5272 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0144927
Argument of periapsis: 198.9054 deg
Mean anomaly: 160.6603 deg
Mean motion: 13.86581118 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000648 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00057786 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10571U 77121N 25125.80481814 .00000648 00000-0 57786-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 10571 65.9383 355.5272 0144927 198.9054 160.6603 13.86581118382829
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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