Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17419
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: 104.394 minutes
Inclination: 65.0336 deg
SMA: 7344.191 km
Apoapsis: 1086.884 km
Periapsis: 845.227 km
RAAN: 134.5959 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01645224
Argument of periapsis: 74.2501 deg
Mean anomaly: 287.6633 deg
Mean motion: 13.7938924 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000309 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034783181 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, 10:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10572U 77121P 25241.94085661 .00000309 00000-0 34783-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 10572 65.0336 134.5959 0164522 74.2501 287.6633 13.79389240395306
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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