Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17302
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.0
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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: 1977-121P
Object number (NORAD): 10572
Object ID (CCSDS): 10572
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.398 minutes
Inclination: 65.0333 deg
SMA: 7344.384 km
Apoapsis: 1087.646 km
Periapsis: 844.852 km
RAAN: 76.6934 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0165292
Argument of periapsis: 117.2372 deg
Mean anomaly: 244.5636 deg
Mean motion: 13.79334775 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000289 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033057 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 4, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 6:28 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10572U 77121P 25124.26983120 .00000289 00000-0 33057-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 10572 65.0333 76.6934 0165292 117.2372 244.5636 13.79334775379075
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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