Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17419
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: 103.843 minutes
Inclination: 65.936 deg
SMA: 7318.304 km
Apoapsis: 1040.508 km
Periapsis: 839.83 km
RAAN: 64.0228 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01371073
Argument of periapsis: 137.47 deg
Mean anomaly: 223.7088 deg
Mean motion: 13.86714552 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000781 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00068782812 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 10:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10571U 77121N 25241.92439218 .00000781 00000-0 68783-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 10571 65.9360 64.0228 0137107 137.4700 223.7088 13.86714552398921
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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