Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17366
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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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: 1977-121Y
Object number (NORAD): 10877
Object ID (CCSDS): 10877
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.645 minutes
Inclination: 65.7694 deg
SMA: 7355.964 km
Apoapsis: 1074.972 km
Periapsis: 880.685 km
RAAN: 333.2972 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0132061
Argument of periapsis: 111.2455 deg
Mean anomaly: 250.2771 deg
Mean motion: 13.76079067 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000103 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017708 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10877U 77121Y 25188.79649725 .00000103 00000-0 17708-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 10877 65.7694 333.2972 0132061 111.2455 250.2771 13.76079067381139
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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