Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17525
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: 104.388 minutes
Inclination: 65.0325 deg
SMA: 7343.918 km
Apoapsis: 1090.832 km
Periapsis: 840.735 km
RAAN: 224.1137 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01702749
Argument of periapsis: 36.1711 deg
Mean anomaly: 325.0722 deg
Mean motion: 13.79465992 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000268 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030912344 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 5:47 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 6:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10572U 77121P 25347.28156698 .00000268 00000-0 30912-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10572 65.0325 224.1137 0170275 36.1711 325.0722 13.79465992409839
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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