Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17472
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1977-121AB
Object number (NORAD): 10880
Object ID (CCSDS): 10880
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.417 minutes
Inclination: 65.8392 deg
SMA: 7392.113 km
Apoapsis: 1098.134 km
Periapsis: 929.823 km
RAAN: 263.8299 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01138455
Argument of periapsis: 329.9109 deg
Mean anomaly: 186.7169 deg
Mean motion: 13.65997259 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000587 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00077395852 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 9:20 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10880U 77121AB 25294.38905691 .00000587 00000-0 77396-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10880 65.8392 263.8299 0113846 329.9109 186.7169 13.65997259376850
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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